Bacon

See also Bacon, and bà con

English

Etymology

From Old French bacon, bacun (“‘pig’”), from Old High German bahho, bacho, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bakoz (“‘back’”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bā'kən, IPA: /ˈbeɪkn̩/, SAMPA: /"beIk@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Noun

Singular Bacon

Plural -

Bacon (-)

1. A cut of meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig, particularly, or sometimes other animals.
2. Thin slices of the above in long strips.

Synonyms

• (Cut of meat from a pig or cow): Canadian bacon, ham, pork

Derived terms

• bacon and cabbage
• bacony
• bacon grease
• back bacon
• bring home the bacon
• Canadian bacon
• cottage bacon
• get the bacon bad
• Irish bacon
• save someone's bacon
• streaky bacon

Related terms

• gammon
• guanciale
• hock
• pancetta

See also

• green, in the sense of unsmoked
• smoked

Translations

cut of meat

Bulgarian: бекон bg(bg) Chinese: Cantonese: 煙肉 (yìn.yu̿k) Mandarin: 熏鹹肉 cmn(cmn), 熏咸肉 cmn(cmn) (xūn xiánròu), 培根 cmn(cmn) (péigēn), Croatian: slànina hr(hr) f. Czech: slanina cs(cs) f. Danish: flæsk n. Dutch: bacon nl(nl) m. Esperanto: lardo eo(eo) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kylki fi(fi) French: lardon fr(fr) m. Georgian: ბეკონი ka(ka) (bekoni) German: Speck de(de) m. Greek: μπέικον el(el) (mpéikon) n. Ido: lardo io(io)

Italian: pancetta it(it) f. Japanese: ベーコン ja(ja) (bēkon) Korean: 베이컨 (be.i.kʼŏn) Latin: laridum la(la) Macedonian: сланина (slánina) f. Maltese: bejken Portuguese: toucinho pt(pt) Romanian: bacon ro(ro) n., slănină ro(ro) f. Russian: бекон ru(ru) (b'ekón) m. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-mhuice f. Slovene: slanina sl(sl) f. Spanish: tocino es(es) m. (Cuba, Spain): beicon m. (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela): tocineta f. (Argentina, Uruguay): panceta ahumada f.

thin slice of pork

Bulgarian: бекон bg(bg)

Finnish: pekoni fi(fi)

Descendants

• Finnish: pekoni

See also

• hog
• porcine
• rasher
• sow
• swine
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French

Etymology

From Old French bacon, possibly via English

Noun

Bacon m (usually uncountable)

1. bacon

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Mandarin

Noun

Bacon

1. bacon

Synonyms

• 培根

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Old French

Noun

Bacon m. (oblique plural Bacons, nominative singular Bacons, nominative plural Bacon)

1. pig; swine; hog
2. ham, or any meat from a pig

Descendants

• English: bacon
• French: bacon

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