ラーメン

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
拉麺老麺 (obsolete) 柳麺 (obsolete)

ラーメン: ramen.

Borrowed from Mandarin 拉麵／拉面 (lāmiàn, literally “pulled noodles”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1930.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ラーメン [ráꜜàmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][4]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

ラーメン or らーめん or らあめん • (rāmen)

ramen, a type of Chinese-style noodle dish

Synonyms

支(し)那(な)蕎麦(そば) (shina soba)
中(ちゅう)華(か)蕎麦(そば) (chūka soba)

Descendants

→ English: ramen
→ Korean: 라면 (ramyeon)
- → English: ramyeon
→ Russian: рамэн (ramɛn)
→ Thai: ราเม็ง (raa-meng)

Etymology 2

From German Rahmen (“frame”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ラーメン [ráꜜàmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

ラーメン • (rāmen)

(architecture, construction) rigid frame

Derived terms

ラーメン橋(きょう) (rāmen-kyō)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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