What does イケメン mean?


I am in a Japanese 101 class. We are supposed to translate the following
sentence:

> 日本ぶんかの先生は、 **イケメン** ですが、ぜんぜんやさしくないですから、あまり好きじゃありません。

I am having trouble with that word `イケメン`. So far, I have:

> The Japanese culture professor is ______ but he/she is not lenient at all so
> I don't like him/her very much

I am pretty sure we haven't had `イケメン` in class. Also, "ikemen" doesn't sound
like an English borrowed word (at least to me).

Google translates it as "Twink" and I have found some places that say
"handsome", "cool", etc. But I don't know what to trust. Can anyone explain to
me the meaning(s) of the word?




イケメン is a new word which means "Good looking male person".

イケ comes from イケてる which roughly translates to "cool", "good" etc. メン is a
word play, and has two meanings; メン as in "men" i.e. the English word for men,
and メン as in 面（めん） i.e. the Japanese word for "face".

It is used exclusively to refer to the physical attractiveness of males.




イケメン is a new word which means "Good looking male person".

イケ comes from イケてる which roughly translates to "cool", "good" etc. メン is a
word play, and has two meanings; メン as in "men" i.e. the English word for men,
and メン as in 面（めん） i.e. the Japanese word for "face".

It is used exclusively to refer to the physical attractiveness of males.

