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naengmyeon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A Korean dish of long, thin hand-made noodles made from flour and starch from various ingredients.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 냉면(冷麵) (naengmyeon, literally “cold noodles”).

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 冷麵 /冷面 (lěngmiàn) — dish
  • Japanese: 冷麺 (reimen) — dish
  • Japanese: ネンミョン (nenmyon) — dish
  • Japanese: レンミョン (renmyon) — dish
  • Korean: 냉면 (naengmyeon) — dish
  • Korean: 랭면 (raengmyeon) — dish
  • Russian: нэнмён (nɛnmjón) — dish
  • Russian: рэнмён (rɛnmjón) — dish