cancro

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (crab), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.kro/
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  • Rhymes: -ankro
  • Hyphenation: càn‧cro

Noun

cancro m (plural cancri)

  1. (oncology) cancer
    Synonym: tumore
  2. (figurative) cancer

Latin

Noun

cancrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cancer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: can‧cro

Noun

cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. (Portugal) cancer
    Synonym: (Brazil) câncer
  2. (Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
    Synonym: (Brazil) câncer

Descendants

  • Tetum: kankru

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. canker

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