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]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ja‧món

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

Descendants

  • 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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