ramen

• lamen

From Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 / 拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɑːmən/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmən

ramen (countable and uncountable, plural ramens)

1. Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese style)
2. A type of instant noodles.

ramen (not comparable)

1. (Pastafarianism, humorous) amen
   • 2005, Mel Sharples, Prayer In City Council Meetings??, ott.general:

     [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.

   • 2006, bg1...@apexmail.com, A Pastafarian's prayer, alt.atheism:

     [...] For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.

   • 2006, Roger Bryant, Re: Is this all?, alt.religion.pastafarianism:

     They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen.

   • 2008, Terry, Re: We do not have a 'soul' = an immaterial and immortal piece, alt.agnosticism:

     No, no, no! Until YOU stand before His Noodliness when you die. And if you do not believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster (RAmen brother!) then you will not get to partake of the beer volcanoes, nor enjoy the strippers in Heaven.

   • 2008, DuhIdiot, Re: Let's sanitize song lyrics by removing references to religious garbage, alt.atheism:

     YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen.

   • 2009, JFlexer, MAN PRAYS TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER (plus other March 4 FlashNews.com Shorts), alt.gossip.celebrities:

     May the Fork be with you... RAmen.

• Armen-, Maner, Maren, Marne, Merna, enarm, namer, reman

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːmə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːmən

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From Middle Dutch ramen (“to aim, to strive for, to guess”), possibly from Old Dutch *rāmon, from Proto-Germanic *rēmijaną, *rēmāną.

ramen

1. (transitive) to make an estimate
2. (transitive) to fix an estimate, to budget

   Het project kost 6 keer meer dan geraamd.

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3. (transitive, obsolete) to guess, to reckon, to deduce
4. (transitive, obsolete) to take aim (at), to watch, to observe
5. (transitive, obsolete) to hit

• (make an estimate): schatten
• (fix an estimate): begroten

• ramer
• raming
• raamdag
• raamwijs
• beramen
• naramen

From Middle Dutch ramen. Equivalent to raam +‎ -en.

ramen

1. (transitive) to stretch on a frame, as done with cloth to be dried
2. (transitive) to arrange bushels of cereals on the field in a certain way
3. (transitive) to tie a bird's wings together to prevent it flying away

• ramer
• opramen
• uitramen

See the etymology of the main entry.

ramen

1. Plural form of raam

Japanese

ramen m (invariable)

1. ramen

• lamen

ramen m (uncountable)

1. ramen (Japanese soup noodles)

• (instant noodles): miojo

ramen c

1. definite singular of ram

ramen ?

1. driver