Yen

English

Noun

Yen (plural yen)

1. The unit of Japanese currency, equal to 100 sen.
2. A coin or note worth one yen.

Noun

Yen (plural Yens)

1. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

Synonyms

• craving, desire, hankering, urge, yearning

Verb

Yen (third-person singular simple present Yens, present participle yenning, simple past and past participle yenned)

1. To have a strong desire for.

Thesaurus

Deutschmark, Heimweh, Mark, Reichsmark, ache, aching, afghani, anna, baht, cent, centavo, centime, conto, crave, desiderium, dollar, dong, florin, franc, guilder, gulden, hanker, hankering, homesickness, honing, hunger, kip, kopeck, krona, krone, languishing, languishment, lira, longing, lust, mal du pays, maladie du pays, milreis, nostalgia, nostomania, peseta, pie, piece of eight, pine, pining, pistareen, pound, rand, rial, ruble, rupee, shekel, shilling, sigh, sol, sou, stiver, thirst, won, yearn, yearning

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɛn/, SAMPA: /"jEn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

Etymology 2

From yen-yen (“a craving for opium”), from Mandarin 瘾 (Mandarin: yǐn; Cantonese: yan5, “addiction, craving (for opium)”).

Translations

Noun

unit of Japanese currency

Arabic: ين (ar) (yen) m. Armenian: յեն (hy) (yen) Azeri: iena (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 日圓 (cmn), 日圆 (cmn) (Rìyuán), 日元 (cmn) (Rìyuán), (slang) 老日 (cmn) (LǎoRì) Min Nan: 日圓 (ji̍t-ôan) Dutch: yen (nl) m. Esperanto: eno (eo), jeno (eo) Finnish: jeni (fi)

Hindi: येन (hi) (yēn) Hungarian: jen (hu) Icelandic: jen (is) n. Japanese: 円 (ja) (えん, en), also: 圓 (ja) (えん, en) Korean: 엔 (ko) (en) Polish: jen (pl) m. Portuguese: iene (pt) m. Russian: иена (ru) (ijéna) f. Spanish: yen (es) m. Turkish: yen (tr)

coin or note of one yen

Chinese: Mandarin: 日圓 (cmn), 日圆 (cmn) (Rìyuán), 日元 (cmn) (Rìyuán), (slang) 老日 (cmn) (LǎoRì) Dutch: yen (nl) m. Finnish: jeni (fi)

Hungarian: jen (hu) Japanese: 円 (ja) (えん, en) Korean: 엔 (ko) (en) Russian: иена (ru) (ijéna) f.

Noun

strong desire

Dutch: verlangen (nl) n., hartstocht (nl) f.

Spanish: deseo (es) m., ganas (es) f. pl.

Verb

have strong desire for

Dutch: hartstochtelijk (nl) verlangen (nl), smachten (nl) Italian: bramare (it), desiderare (it)

Spanish: desear (es)

Anagrams

• eny

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Dutch

Noun

Yen m. (plural Yens, no diminutive)

1. Iranun, Japanese monetary unit and coin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛn/

Etymology

From Japanese 円 (en, “yen, circle”).

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French

Noun

Yen m. (plural Yens)

1. yen (currency)

Etymology

From Sinitic

Pronunciation

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German

Noun

Yen m.

1. yen (unit of Japanese currency)

Pronunciation

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Preposition

Yen

1. here is

   Ube la kafeerio esas? — Where is the café?

   Yen la kafeerio! — Here is the café.

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Spanish

Noun

1. yen