yen

Other forms of yen

plural

yens·

past tense or participle

yenned

present participle

yenning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yen

What does yen mean?

yen means "a yearning for something or to do something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yen?

yen has 1 syllable: yen. In IPA it is /ˈjɛn/.

What is another word for yen?

Close synonyms include hankering, ache, yearn, pine, languish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yen a common word?

yen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.