jamón

See also: jamon

Spanish

Etymology

From French jambon, an augmentative of jambe (“leg”). In this sense, displaced earlier pernil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈmon/, [xaˈmõn]
Rhymes: -on

Noun

jamón m (plural jamones)

ham (the thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat)
ham (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: hamon
→ Cebuano: hamon
→ Hiligaynon: hamon
→ Tagalog: hamón
→ Taos: xomúnenemą
→ Russian: хамо́н (xamón)

Anagrams

mojan
monja

Further reading

“jamón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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