jamón

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • 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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