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# jambon

«jambon» in Mova's school dictionary: **not an English word** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (French: le jambon)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) Jambon means ham in French; it is not an English word. It sounds like zhom-BON to an English ear, with a nasal ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#m1)

2) Used on English menus in names like jambon-beurre (a ham and butter baguette). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons and cafés, menus. Phrases: un sandwich au jambon, jambon-beurre.

### examples

- Jambon is the French word for ham. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x1)
- I ordered a jambon-beurre in Paris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x2)
- Un sandwich au jambon, s'il vous plaît. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x3)
- In French, le jambon is masculine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x4)
- The menu said jambon et fromage: ham and cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x5)
- My little sister giggles every time she hears jambon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/#x6)

### note

French, not English: masculine noun (le jambon). Do not mix with jamboree (a big gathering) or jam.

### In the corpora

- [un jambon-beurre is a baguette with ham and butter, one of the most popular sandwiches in France.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jambon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jambon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.