ham

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. (countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
3. (uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
4. (countable, uncountable) The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals.
5. (Internet, countable, informal, uncommon, uncountable) Electronic mail that is wanted; email that is not spam or junk mail.

Verb

To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

Concepten

ham

hesp

bil

knieboog

Tegenovergesteld aan

spam, junk mail

Synoniemen

gammon

pork

overact

ham actor

ham it up

jambon

overplay

hock

thigh

hough

play

rump

underact

underplay

amateur radio operator

back of the knee

dark meat

ground round

top of the thigh

proximal segment

popliteal space

hamfatter

swine’s flesh

panini

amateur

boarp

bacon

🥓

buttock

emote

femur

haunch

knuckle

leg of mutton

leg of veal

lowbrow

Vertalingen

jambon

prosciutto

Schinken

jamón

presunto

pernil

jambon

χοιρομέρι

ζαμπόν

pernil

radioamatore

cambajon

istrione

guitto

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhæm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hamme

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hamm

Verwant aan Nederlands: ham

Verwant aan Duits: Hamme

Verwant aan Zweeds: ham

Verwant aan IJslands: höm

Verwant aan Oudiers: cnáim

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: κνήμη

In summary

Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, 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 and gam.