ham
Significat (anglès)
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- The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.
- Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.
- The back of the thigh.
- (informal) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.
Sinònims
ham actor
amateur radio operator
back of the knee
ground round
top of the thigh
proximal segment
popliteal space
swine’s flesh
boarp
leg of mutton
leg of veal
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhæm/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Dutch ham (“ham”), dialectal German Hamme (“hind part of the knee, ham”), dialectal Swedish ham (“the hind part of the knee”), Icelandic höm (“the ham or haunch of a horse”), Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shinbone”). Compare gammon.
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