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jamón

(Engels)

  1. (masculine) ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
  2. (masculine) ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

Frequentie

C1
Met koppelteken als
ja‧món
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/xaˈmon/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.

Related words

szynka

cambajon

χοιρομέρι

ζαμπόν

pernill

هَام

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