ハム
解説 Definition
ham は、豚肉を加工した食品「ハム」という意味です。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じで、サンドイッチや朝食などの食材としてよく使われます。
Ham is meat from a pig’s hind leg, especially when it has been preserved by salting, smoking, or curing. The word also commonly refers to slices of this prepared meat used in sandwiches, salads, and breakfast dishes.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「ハム」とほぼ同じですが、英語の ham は本来、豚の後脚・もも肉や、そこから作る塩漬け・燻製肉を指します。ham sandwich、ham and cheese、a slice of ham の組み合わせで覚えましょう。日本でハムと呼ぶ加工肉の範囲とは製法や部位が必ずしも完全には一致しません。
Connect ham with familiar food combinations such as a ham sandwich, ham and cheese, and a slice of ham. The English word originally identifies meat from a pig’s hind leg and commonly refers to that meat after curing, salting, or smoking. This makes the core image more specific than simply “processed pork.” Picture placing thin slices of ham in a sandwich or serving ham at breakfast. The Japanese loanword is a useful starting point, but remember that products called ハム in Japan do not always match the traditional cut or preparation implied by English ham.
例文
I ate ham for breakfast.
私は朝食にハムを食べました。
She put ham in the sandwich.
彼女はサンドイッチにハムを入れました。
This salad has cheese and ham.
このサラダにはチーズとハムが入っています。
ham の類義語・関連語
ham の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 hamm（豚のもも肉）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *hamm-（曲がる）が語源。膝の裏側の「曲がる部分」から太ももの肉を指すようになった。関連語: hamstring（膝裏の腱）。食肉加工品の「ハム」はこの部位名から。
Ham comes from Old English hamm, referring to the hollow or bend behind the knee and then to the thigh or hind leg of an animal. It belongs to a Germanic word group associated with bending or a crooked part of the body. Because a traditional ham is made from a pig’s hind leg, the anatomical term became the name of the meat and later of the cured food. Hamstring retains the connection with the back of the thigh and knee.
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