Yen
Meaning of Yen
noun
the basic monetary unit of Japan.
from Japanese en ‘round’.
noun- a longing or yearning.
the continuing boom in the economy is allowing many consumers to indulge their yen for high-end toys
she always had a yen to be a writer
- feel a longing or yearning.
it's no use yenning for the old simplicities
late 19th century (in the sense ‘craving for a drug’): probably from Chinese yǎn ‘craving’, possibly reinforced by yān ‘opium’.
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Hyphenation of Yen
Yen
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- Yen is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Yen synonyms
Meaning hankering:
Meaning ache:
Meaning a feeling of intense longing for something:
Meaning a yearning desire:
Meaning a powerful desire for something:
Meaning a strong desire or impulse:
Meaning a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen:
Meaning a desire for something:
Meaning a desire or hope for something to happen:
Meaning a strong desire or craving:
Meaning a strong desire for something:
Meaning strong sexual desire:
Meaning a strong desire or liking for something:
Meaning intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food:
Meaning on fire:
Meaning enthusiasm to do or to have something; keenness:
Meaning a superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction:
Meaning an interest in or liking for (something):
Meaning a restless or strong desire to do something:
Anagrams of Yen
Words that rhyme with Yen
yen, ayen, biscayen, clayen, payen, Longyearbyen, eyen, Verheyen, seyen, hyen, Wanyen, doyen, Goyen, Lemoyen, moyen, Poyen, citoyen, ryen, syen, Evnissyen, Nguyen
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