jamón

Meaning

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)

Concepts

ham

gammon

hams

jambon

panini

Synonyms

fácil

corva

jamon

jamón cocido

pernil

jamón york

jalufo

pernil

Translations

jambon

prosciutto

Schinken

ham

presunto

pernil

hesp

cambajon

jambon

pernil

χοιρομέρι

ζαμπόν

pernill

هَام

Hyphenated as

ja‧món

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xaˈmon/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: jambon

Cognate with English: gammon

In summary

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