Ham

See also Ham, and hám

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

c. 1637, Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm 'bend of the knee', from Proto-Germanic *xanmō (cf. Dutch ham, German dialect Hamme), from pre-Germanic *konɘmā, from Proto-Indo-European *knāmā 'shin' (cf. Middle Irish [[cnáim#Template:Mga|cnáim]] 'bone', Ancient Greek knḗmé 'shinbone'). Compare gammon.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: hăm, IPA: /hæm/, SAMPA: /h{m/

  Rhymes: -æm

Noun

Singular Ham

Plural {{{1}}}

Ham ({{{1}}})

1. (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. (countable) The thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat.
3. (uncountable) The thigh of a hog cured for food.
4. The back of the thigh.
5. An actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
6. A person whose hobby is ham radio.

Derived terms

• ham-fisted
• hambone
• hammy, hamstring

Translations

region back of the knee joint

Dutch: knieboog nl(nl) m. Finnish: polvitaive fi(fi)

Russian: бедро ru(ru) (b'edró) n., ляжка ru(ru) (l'ážka) f. Spanish: corva es(es) f.

thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat

Czech: kýta cs(cs) f. Filipino: puwit

Finnish: paisti fi(fi) Tagalog: puwit tl(tl)

thigh of a hog cured for food

Catalan: pernil ca(ca) m. Czech: šunka cs(cs) f. Danish: skinke da(da) Dutch: ham nl(nl) m., hesp nl(nl) f. (Belgium) Filipino: hamon Finnish: kinkku fi(fi) French: jambon fr(fr) m. Galician: xamón gl(gl) m. German: Schinken de(de) m. Hungarian: sonka hu(hu) Italian: prosciutto it(it) m. Korean: 햄 ko(ko) (haem)

Maltese: perżuta mt(mt) f. Persian: ژامبون fa(fa) (zhâmbon) Polish: szynka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: presunto pt(pt) m. (Brazil), pernil pt(pt) (Portugal) Romanian: şuncă ro(ro) f. Russian: окорок ru(ru) (ókorok) m., ветчина ru(ru) (vetčiná) f. Slovene: šunka sl(sl) f. Spanish: jamón es(es) m. Swedish: skinka sv(sv) c. Tagalog: hamon tl(tl) Taos: xomúnenemą

back of the thigh

Russian: ветчина ru(ru) (v'etčiná) f.

actor with an exaggerating style

Japanese: 大根, 大根役者

Polish: kabotyn pl(pl) m.

ham radio operator

Czech: radioamatér cs(cs) m., radioamatérka cs(cs) f. Finnish: radioamatööri fi(fi)

Italian: radioamatore it(it) m. Polish: radioamator pl(pl) m.

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Chinese: 火腿 (huǒ tuǐ) Estonian: sink Ido: shinko

Interlingua: gambon (2) Thai: หมู th(th) (muu)

Etymology 2

Old English hām.

Noun

Singular Ham

Plural -

Ham (-)

1. (obsolete) Template:Archaic spelling of

References

• Template:R:Online Etymology Dictionary

Etymology 3

Verb

Infinitive to Ham

Third person singular hams

Simple past hammed

Past participle -

Present participle hamming

to Ham (third-person singular simple present hams, present participle hamming, simple past and past participle hammed)

1. To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

Related terms

• ham it up

Anagrams

• ahm,
• HMA
• mah

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin hamus.

Noun

Ham

1. fishing hook

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hamr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ham/, [hɑmˀ]

Noun

Ham c. (singular definite hammen, plural indefinite hamme)

1. slough, skin

Derived terms

• fjederham c.
• hamskifte n.
• snogeham c.
• svaneham c.

Inflection

    Inflection of Ham

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Ham	hammen	hamme	hammene
genitive	Hams	hammens	hammes	hammenes

Etymology 2

See han.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ham/, [hɑm]

Pronoun

Ham

1. Template:Personal accusative and dative singular of han

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ham f. (plural hammen, diminutive hammetje, diminutive plural hammetjes)

1. ham

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [haːmˠ] or [hamˠ]

Noun form

Ham m.

1. Mutated form of am.

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Middle French

Noun

Template:Frm-noun

1. village

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Norwegian

Pronoun

Ham

1. him

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɑm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *xamō-. Cognate with Middle Dutch [[hamme#Template:Dum|hamme]] (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

Noun

Template:Ang-noun

1. (anatomy) 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *xamma-. Cognate with Old Frisian [[ham#Template:Ofs|ham]], Middle Low German [[hamme#Template:Gml|hamme]] (Low German [[hamm#basso sassone|hamm]]).

Noun

Template:Ang-noun

1. enclosure, especially an enclosed pasture or dwelling

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɑ:m/

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *xaima-, from Proto-Indo-European *kōim- (“‘village’”). Cognate with Old Frisian [[ham#Template:Ofs|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#Template:El|κωμη]], Old Irish [[cóim#Template:Sga|cóim]], Lithuanian šeimà, Russian [[семья#Template:Ru|семья]].

Noun

Template:Ang-noun

1. home, house; property, estate

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

Descendants

• Standard English home
• Northumbrian and Scots hame

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Rohingya

Noun

Ham [[Category:Template:Rhg nouns|Ham]]

1. work

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Turkish

Adjective

Ham

1. raw

cs:ham da:ham de:ham el:ham fa:ham fr:ham hr:ham io:ham id:ham it:ham ky:ham lo:ham li:ham hu:ham ml:ham nl:ham no:ham oc:ham pl:ham pt:ham ro:ham ru:ham simple:ham fi:ham sv:ham ta:ham te:ham tr:ham vi:ham zh:ham