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English
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Etymology 1
From OE. ham#Old English|ham "hollow or bend of the knee," itself from ProtoGermanic? *kham-, from a Proto-Indoeuropean root konemo- "shin bone," originally "be crooked". Recorded in English since 1637
:Cognate with Dutch ham, Middle High Dutch and dialectal German ''hamme', Old Norse höm. Compare gammon.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ham.ogg|Audio (US)
AHD|/h�m/
IPA|/hæm/
SAMPA: /<tt>h{m</tt>/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æm|-æm
Noun
en-noun
- anatomy The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
- (countable) The thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat.
- uncountable The thigh of a hog cured for food.
- The back of the thigh.
- An actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style
- A person whose hobby is ham radio.
#: Quotations
#:* A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams. - w:William Shakespeare, Hamlet II-ii
Translations
trans-top|region back of the knee joint
Finnish: t-|fi|polvitaive
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Russian: бед�о (b'edró) n, л�жка (l'ážka) f
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trans-top|thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat
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trans-top|thigh of a hog cured for food
Czech: t-|cs|Å¡unka|f
Dutch: ham m, hesp f (Belgium)
Finnish: t+|fi|kinkku
French: t+|fr|jambon|m
German: t+|de|Schinken m
Hungarian: sonka
Italian: t+|it|prosciutto|m
Maltese: perżuta f
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Polish: t|pl|szynka f
Portuguese: (Brasil) presunto m, (Portugal) pernil
Romanian: �unc� f
Russian: око�ок (ókorok) m
Polish: szynka m
Slovene: t+|sl|Å¡unka|f
Spanish: t+|es|jamón|m
Swedish: t-|sv|skinka|c
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trans-top|back of the thigh
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Russian: ве��ина (v'et�iná) f
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trans-top|actor with an exaggerating style
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trans-top|ham radio operator
Finnish: t-|fi|radioamatööri
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Chinese: �� (hu� tu�)
ttbc|Ido: shinko
ttbc|Interlingua: gambon (2)
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Derived terms
ham-fisted
hammy, hamstring
See also
bacon
hog
pig
pork
swine
Etymology 2
Old English ham#Old English|h�m.
Noun
ham (obsolete)
- archaic spelling of home
References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:Meats
Category:Pigs
Category:Anatomy
Catalan
Etymology
Latin hamus
Noun
'ham
- fishing hook
Category:Catalan nouns
Danish
Noun
ham
- skin
Pronoun
ham
- him
Category:Danish nouns
Category:Danish pronouns
Dutch
Noun
ham f (plural hammen, diminutive hammetje)
- ham#English|ham
Category:Dutch nouns
Middle French
Noun
ham
- Village.
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA|/h�m/
Etymology 1
Germanic *xam�-. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch #Dutch|ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.
Noun
ham f
- anatomy|lang=ang ham#English|ham, inner knee
#:Monegum men gescrincaþ his fet to his homme: with many men the feet shrink up to the knee. (Leechbook)
Descendants
English ham#English|ham
Etymology 2
Germanic *xamma-. Cognate with Old Frisian #Old Frisian|ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low German hamm).
Noun
ham m (plural hamas)
- enclosure, especially an enclosed pasture or dwelling
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Pronunciation
IPA|/h�:m/
Etymology 3
Germanic *xaima-, from Indo-European *k�im- �village�. Cognate with Old Frisian h�m, Old Saxon hem|h�m (Dutch heem), Old High German heim (German Heim), Old Norse heimr (Swedish hem#Swedish|hem), Gothic �����. The IE root is also the source of Greek κ�μη, Old Irish cóim, Lithuanian šeima|šeimà , Russian �ем��.
Noun
Latinx|h�m m (plural hamas|h�mas)
- home, house; property, estate
#:Hælend com to Lazares ham: the Saviour came to the home of Lazarus.
Descendants
English home
Scots hame
Category:Old English nouns
Rohingya
Noun
ham
- work
Category:Rohingya language
Turkish
Adjective
ham
- raw
Category:Turkish adjectives
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