ham
The region back of the knee jointThe region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
» He likes ham and eggs.
Er mag Schinken und Eier.
Он любит яичницу с ветчиной.
Він любить яєчню з яловичиною.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Kniekehle
бедро́bedró, ля́жкаljážka
(countable)A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.
Schinken
о́корокókorok
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
(uncountable)Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
a little piece of ham for the cat
Schinken
о́корокókorok, ветчина́vetčiná, хамо́нxamón
о́корокókorok, ши́нкаšýnka, о́кістókist
(countable, uncountable)The back of the thigh of humans or certain other animals.
ветчина́vetčiná
(Internet, countable, informal, uncommon, uncountable)Electronic mail that is wanted; email that is not spam or junk mail.
An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
Schmierenkomödiant, Schmierenschauspieler
позёрpozjór
An amateur radio operator.
Amateurfunker, Amateurfunkerin, Funkamateur
радиолюби́тельradioljubítelʹ
a licensed amateur radio operator
Examples
129 sentencesHe likes ham and eggs.
Він любить яєчню з яловичиною.
ruОн любит яичницу с ветчиной.
deEr mag Schinken und Eier.
I like ham.
Я полюбляю шинку.
ruЯ люблю ветчину.
I made you a ham sandwich.
ruЯ сделал тебе бутерброд с ветчиной.
The ham sandwiches were really good.
ruБутерброды с ветчиной были очень хороши.
They don't eat sausage or ham.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 5
By meaning 4
Origin
Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the kneInherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-West Germanic *hammu, from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).
Uncertain, though it is generally agreed upon that it first appeared in print around the 1880s. At least four theories persist:
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Forms
plural: hamsSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- ham sandwich
- a ham sandwich
- ham and cheese
- eat a ham
- likes ham