Masculine
jamón
- (masculine) ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
- (masculine) ham, gammon (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ja‧món
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xaˈmon/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil. Cognate with English gammon.
Related words
prosciutto
Schinken
ham
presunto
pernil
cambajon
jambon
χοιρομέρι
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