Ham

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Derived expression 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Pronoun 4 Old English 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.2 Descendants 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Noun 4.4 Pronunciation 4.5 Etymology 3 4.5.1 Noun 4.5.2 Descendants 5 Middle French 5.1 Noun 6 Turkish 6.1 Adjective

English

Etymology 1

Old English ham. Cognate with Dutch ham, dialectal German hamme'. Compare gammon.

Pronunciation

• AHD: /hăm/
• IPA: /hæm/
• SAMPA: /h{m/

Noun

ham

1. (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
3. An actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style
4. A person whose hobby is ham radio

   Quotations

   • A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams. - w:William Shakespeare, Hamlet II-ii

Derived expression

• Ham and Eggs

Translations

• Chinese: 火腿 (huǒ tuǐ)
• Dutch: ham m, hesp f (Belgium)
• Finnish: kinkku (2)
• French: jambon m (2)
• German: Schinken
• Ido: shinko
• Interlingua: gambon (2)
• Italian: prosciutto m (2)
• Portuguese: presunto m (2)
• Romanian: şuncă f
• Polish: szynka m
• Spanish: jamón m (2)
• Swedish: skinka c.

See also

• bacon
• hog
• pig
• pork
• swine

Etymology 2

Old English hām.

Noun

ham (obsolete)

1. archaic spelling of home

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin hamus

Noun

'ham

1. fishing hook

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Danish

Noun

ham

1. skin

Pronoun

ham

1. him

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Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ham/

Etymology 1

Germanic *xamō-. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

Noun

ham f

1. the ham or inner part of the knee

   Monegum men gescrincaþ his fet to his homme: with many men the feet shrink up to the knee. (Leechbook)

Descendants

• English ham

Etymology 2

Germanic *xamma-. Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low German hamm).

Noun

ham m

1. an enclosure, especially an enclosed pasture or dwelling

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha:m/

Etymology 3

Germanic *xaima-, from Indo-European *kōim- ‘village’. Cognate with Old Frisian hām, Old Saxon hēm (Dutch heem), Old High German heim (German Heim), Old Norse heimr (Swedish hem), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Greek κωμη, Old Irish cóim, Lithuanian šeimà, Russian семья.

Noun

hām m

1. home, a home or house, a property or estate

   Hælend com to Lazares ham: the Saviour came to the home of Lazarus.

Descendants

• English home
• Scots hame

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Middle French

Noun

1. Village.

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Turkish

Adjective

ham

1. rawfr:ham

io:ham id:ham it:ham hu:ham nl:ham sv:ham zh:ham