different between relish vs yen

English

Etymology

Alteration of reles (“scent, taste, aftertaste”), from Old French relais, reles (“something remaining, that which is left behind”), from relaisser (“to leave behind”).

Alternative forms

• rellish (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???.l??/

Noun

relish (countable and uncountable, plural relishes)

1. A pleasant taste
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 12.

     A Laplander or Negro has no notion of the relish of wine.
2. enjoyment; pleasure.
3. A quality or characteristic tinge.
4. (followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
   • 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 11:

     One of the first acts which he was under the necessity of performing must have been painful to a man of so generous a nature, and of so keen a relish for whatever was excellent in arts and letters.

   • 1785, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton (dated December 10, 1785)

     I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
5. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
6. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
7. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Derived terms

• India relish

Translations

Verb

relish (third-person singular simple present relishes, present participle relishing, simple past and past participle relished)

1. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]
2. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.

   He relishes their time together.

   I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.

   • Now I begin to relish thy advice.

   • 1706, Francis Atterbury, A sermon preached at the Guild-Hall Chapel, September 28, 1706

     He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. [16th-19th c.]
   • Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relish'd among my other discredits.

   • 1695, John Woodward, An essay toward a natural history of the earth

     A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.

4. (transitive) To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing. [from 16th c.]
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To give pleasure.

Synonyms

(take pleasure in): : appreciate, delight in, enjoy, like, revel in

Derived terms

• disrelish
• relishable
• relisher

Translations

References

• relish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Hilers, Riehls, Rishel, hirsel

French

Etymology

From English relish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.li?/

Noun

relish f (uncountable)

1. relish (pickled sauce)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Medhurst and Hepburn’s romanizations, under the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese ? (“round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now ? (en), from Chinese ?? (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): ? (“silver”) + ? (“circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese ? (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean ? (won, “North or South Korean won”). Doublet of won and yuan.

Noun

yen (plural yen)

1. The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
2. A coin or note worth one yen.

Synonyms

• JPY

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, but probably from Cantonese ? (jan⁵, “craving”) originally in reference to opium addiction, ?? or ?? (jin¹-jan⁵): ?, ? (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the later yen (“opium”) and yen-yen.

Noun

yen (plural yens)

2. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

   Synonyms: craving, desire, hankering, jones, longing, urge, yearning

   • 1934, Lew Levenson, chapter XX, in Butterfly Man, New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, ?OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Castle Books, [1960?], ?OCLC, page 208:

     She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."

Translations

Verb

yen (third-person singular simple present yens, present participle yenning, simple past and past participle yenned)

1. (transitive) To have a strong desire for.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Chinese ?, ? (y?n), or Cantonese ?, ? (jin¹, “smoke, specifically opium”). Compare the earlier yen (“strong desire”) and later yen-yen.

Noun

yen (uncountable)

1. (slang) Opium.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• Japanese yen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -yne, NYE, Ney, Nye, eny, ney, nye

Bambara

Adverb

yen

1. there

See also

• yan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (en, “yen, circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Hyphenation: yen
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin.

French

Etymology

From Japanese.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /j?n/
• Homophone: hyène (hyène can have aspirate or mute h, whereas yen is always "aspirate")

Noun

yen m (plural yens)

1. yen (currency)

Further reading

• “yen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Etymology 1

From Esperanto jen, from German jener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jen/

Interjection

yen

1. look here, behold, lo

Conjunction

yen

1. here is, there is

Synonyms

• yen hike
• yen ibe

Preposition

yen

1. here is

Synonyms

• yen ke

Derived terms

• yena
• yene

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ?.

Noun

yen (plural yen)

1. yen (Japanese currency)

Indonesian

Etymology

From the influence of earlier Portuguese romanizations, of Japanese ? (“round; a round object”) as ye or yen, now ? (en), from Chinese ?? (yínyuán, “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight”): ? (“silver”) + ? (“circular, round; yuan, yen, dollar”). Cognate with Chinese ? (yuán, “monetary unit, especially RMB”) and Korean ? (won, “North or South Korean won”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/, /jen/
• Hyphenation: yèn

Noun

yen (first-person possessive yenku, second-person possessive yenmu, third-person possessive yennya)

1. yen, the unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

References

Further reading

• “yen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Koko-Bera

Pronoun

yen (accusative yintéw, dative yintéw)

1. you; second person singular pronoun, nominative case

References

• 2008, Paul Black, Pronominal Accretions in Pama-Nyungan, in Morphology and Language History ?ISBN, edited by Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

yen m (definite singular yenen, indefinite plural yen, definite plural yenane)

1. (numismatics) yen

References

• “yen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish lleno.

Adjective

yen

1. full

Spanish

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en).

Pronunciation

Noun

yen m (plural yenes)

1. yen

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ye? (“sleeve”).

Noun

yen (definite accusative yeni, plural yenler)

1. sleeve

Verb

yen

1. second-person singular imperative of yenmek

Volapük

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jen]

Noun

yen (nominative plural yens)

1. yen

Declension

Zhuang

Etymology

From Mandarin ??? (xiàn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /je?n??/
• Tone numbers: yen⁵
• Hyphenation: yen

Noun

yen (old orthography yen)

1. county