jamón

See also: jamon

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈmon/, [xaˈmõn]

• Audio (Spain)

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• Rhymes: -on

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• ajamonarse
• jamoncillo
• jamonera
• jamonería
• jamonero
• jamón ibérico
• jamón serrano
• jamón York, jamón de York, jamón york

 

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• mojan, monja

Further reading

• “jamón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.