ham

jambon

Viande de la patte arrière du porc, conservée par salage ou fumage et consommée comme aliment.

En anglais simple : Meat from a pig's back leg, preserved with salt or smoke and eaten as food.

• I had a ham sandwich.
• She added slices of ham to the salad.
• Would you like ham and cheese?

Expressions courantes : ham sandwich, smoked ham, ham and cheese, slice of ham

jambon, cuisse

Partie supérieure de la patte arrière d’un porc ou d’un autre animal, découpée pour être consommée.

En anglais simple : The upper back leg of a pig or another animal, cut off to be used as meat.

• The butcher cut off the ham.
• We bought a fresh ham to roast.
• The farmer salted both hams from the pig.

Synonymes : haunch

Expressions courantes : whole ham, fresh ham, bone in ham

cabotin

Artiste qui exagère ses émotions ou son jeu, souvent pour attirer l’attention.

En anglais simple : A performer who shows feelings or behaves in an exaggerated way, often to get attention.

• That actor is a real ham.
• She becomes a ham whenever a camera appears.
• The audience loved the old ham's dramatic gestures.

Synonymes : overactor, show-off

Expressions courantes : a real ham, a terrible ham, ham actor

radioamateur

Personne qui utilise du matériel radio pour communiquer avec d’autres par plaisir.

En anglais simple : Someone who uses radio equipment to communicate with other people as a hobby.

• My uncle is a radio ham.
• The local hams helped relay emergency messages.
• A ham in Canada answered our signal.

Synonymes : amateur radio operator

Expressions courantes : radio ham, licensed ham, local ham

arrière de la cuisse

Partie arrière du haut de la jambe d’une personne ou d’un animal.

En anglais simple : The back part of a person's or animal's upper leg.

• His hams ached after the long ride.
• The horse had strong, muscular hams.
• He rubbed the sore flesh of his ham.

Expressions courantes : muscular ham, sore ham, ham muscles

creux poplité, jarret

Zone creuse située à l’arrière du genou.

En anglais simple : The hollow area at the back of the knee.

• The ham lies behind the knee.
• He felt a sharp pain in his ham.
• The physician examined the hollow of her ham.

Synonymes : knee pit, popliteal fossa

Expressions courantes : hollow of ham, painful ham, ham of someone

cabotiner, surjouer

Jouer ou exprimer ses émotions de manière exagérée, notamment pour amuser les autres.

En anglais simple : To act or show feelings in an exaggerated way, especially to entertain people.

• He loves to ham it up.
• She hammed it up whenever the camera turned toward her.
• Stop hamming it up and play the scene naturally.

Comment l'utiliser : ham it up (The actors hammed it up for the audience.)

Synonymes : overact, camp it up

Contraires : underact

Expressions courantes : ham it up, ham for someone