xamón

Borrowed from Spanish jamón.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈmon/ [ʃaˈmõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: xa‧món

xamón m (plural xamones)

1. ham

   Synonym: pernil

• jamom, jamão (reintegrationist)

Ultimately from French jambon, perhaps through Spanish jamón.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈmoŋ/ [ʃaˈmõŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: xa‧món

xamón m (plural xamóns)

1. ham

   Synonym: pernil

• xamba

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xamón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xamón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xamón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “xamón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025