jamón
See also: jamon
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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)
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.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Asturian: xamón
- → Bikol Central: hamon
- → Cebuano: hamon
- → English: jamon
- → Galician: xamón
- → Hiligaynon: hamon
- → Russian: хамо́н (xamón)
- → Tagalog: hamón
- → Taos: xomúnenemą
- → Yogad: hamon
Further reading edit
- “jamón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014