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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
yen1       [yen] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural yen.
1.an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y
2.a former silver coin of Japan.

[Origin: 1870–75; < Japn (y)en < Chin yuán yuan]
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yen2       [yen] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, yenned, yen·ning. Informal.
–noun
1.a desire or craving: I had a yen for apple pie.
–verb (used without object)
2.to have a craving; yearn.

[Origin: 1905–10, Americanism; prob. < dial. Chin (OAGuangdong) yáhn, akin to Chin yǐn craving, addiction]

1. longing, hankering, hunger, appetite.
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yen 1       (yěn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.

intr.v.   yenned, yen·ning, yens
To have a strong desire or inclination; yearn.


[Chinese (Cantonese) uên, hope, wish, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) yuàn.]

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yen 2       (yěn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. yen
See Table at currency.


[Japanese en, from Chinese (Mandarin) yuán, dollar.]

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yen  (1)
"Japanese monetary unit," 1875, from Japanese yen, from Chinese yuan "round, round object, circle, dollar."

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yen  (2)
"sharp desire, hunger," 1906, earlier yin "intense craving for opium" (1876), from Chinese (Cantonese) yan "craving," or from a Beijing dialect word for "smoke." Reinforced in Eng. by influence of yearn.

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yen

noun
1. a yearning for something or to do something [syn: hankering
2. the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen 

verb
1. have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Yen

Y"["e]\ ([=e]"e), n.; pl. Y["e]n ([=e]"en). An eye. [Obs.]

From his y["e]n ran the water down. --Chaucer.

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