jamón
See also: jamon
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jamón m (plural jamones)
- ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
- ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Asturian: xamón
- → Bikol Central: hamon
- → Cebuano: hamon
- → English: jamon
- → Hiligaynon: hamon
- → Russian: хамо́н (xamón)
- → Tagalog: hamón
- → Taos: xomúnenemą
- → Yogad: hamon
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “jamón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014