jamón

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Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xaˈmon/ [xaˈmõn]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ja‧món

Noun[edit]

jamón m (plural jamones)

  1. ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
  2. ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

Usage notes[edit]

In Spanish, "jamón" is the generic word for any kind of ham, but the word borrowed into English is only used to refer to Spanish dry-cured hams.

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Asturian: xamón
  • → Bikol Central: hamon
  • → Cebuano: hamon
  • → English: jamon
  • → Galician: xamón
  • → Hiligaynon: hamon
  • → Russian: хамо́н (xamón)
  • → Tagalog: hamón
  • → Taos: xomúnenemą
  • → Yogad: hamon

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