Cancer

See also: cancer, cáncer, Cáncer, càncer, cancèr, câncer, and Câncer

Translingual

Cancer pagurus (edible crab or brown crab)

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Proper noun

Cancer m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cancridae – true crabs, distinguished by the presence of a single posterolateral spine (on the edge of the carapace, towards the rear), anterolateral spines with deep fissures (on the carapace edge, towards the front), and a short extension of the carapace forward between the eyes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Cancroidea - superfamily; Cancridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cancer pagurus (edible crab or brown crab) - type species; Cancer bellianus (toothed rock crab), Cancer borealis (Jonah crab), Cancer irroratus (Atlantic rock crab), Cancer johngarthi, Cancer plebejus, Cancer porteri, Cancer productus (red rock crab) - species

References

• Cancer (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cancer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cancer (Brachyura) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Signs of the Zodiac

Gemini		Leo
English Wikipedia has an article about Cancer.

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”), a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsɚ/
• Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Cancer (symbol ♋︎)

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:

     And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.

2. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).

Antonyms

• Capricornus

Derived terms

• Cancerian
• Cancri
• Tropic of Cancer

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (burj as-saraṭān), اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (as-saraṭān)
• Armenian: Խեցգետին (Xecʿgetin)
• Azerbaijani: Xərçəng
• Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ)
• Burmese: ကရကဋ် (my) (ka.ra.kat)
• Catalan: Cranc (ca) m, Càncer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨蟹座 (zh) (jùxièzuò)

• Cornish: an Kanker
• Czech: Rak (cs) m
• Danish: Krebsen
• Dutch: Kreeft (nl)
• Esperanto: Kankro
• Finnish: Krapu (fi)
• French: Cancer (fr) m
• Galician: Cáncer (gl)
• German: Krebs (de) m
• Greek: Καρκίνος (el) m (Karkínos)

  Ancient: Καρκίνος m (Karkínos)

• Hebrew: סַרְטַן‎ (he) m (sartán)
• Hindi: कर्क (hi) m (kark), कर्कट (hi) m (karkaṭ), केकड़ा (hi) m (kekṛā)
• Hungarian: Rák (hu)
• Icelandic: Krabbinn m
• Indonesian: Kanser
• Irish: an Portán m
• Italian: Cancro (it) m
• Japanese: 蟹座 (ja) (かにざ, kaniza)
• Kazakh: Шаян (Şaän)
• Korean: 게자리 (gejari)
• Latvian: Vēzis m
• Macedonian: Рак m (Rak)
• Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
• Maltese: Kanċer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Krepsen (no) m

  Nynorsk: Krepsen m

• Old English: Crabba m
• Persian: خرچنگ‎ (fa) (xarčang)
• Polish: Rak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caranguejo (pt) m (Portugal), Câncer (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: (Constelația) Cancerului n (def. form), Racului m (def.form)
• Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak)
• Sanskrit: कर्कट (sa) m (karkaṭa), कर्क (sa) m (karka)
• Slovene: Rak (sl) m
• Spanish: Cáncer (es) m
• Swedish: Kräftan (sv)
• Tagalog: Alimango
• Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi), కర్కాటకము (te) (karkāṭakamu), కర్కటము (te) (karkaṭamu), కర్కటం (karkaṭaṁ)
• Tocharian B: Aśleṣ
• Turkish: Yengeç (tr)
• Ukrainian: Рак (uk) m (Rak)
• Urdu: کیکڑا‎ m (kekṛā), سرطان‎ m (sartān)
• Welsh: y Cranc

astrological sign

• Albanian: Gaforrja f
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (burj as-saraṭān), اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (as-saraṭān)
• Armenian: Խեցգետին (Xecʿgetin)
• Asturian: Cáncer, Cámbaru
• Azerbaijani: Xərçəng
• Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ)
• Burmese: ကရကဋ် (my) (ka.ra.kat)
• Catalan: Cranc (ca) m, Càncer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨蟹座 (zh) (jùxièzuò)

• Cornish: an Kanker
• Czech: Rak (cs) m
• Danish: Krebsen
• Dutch: Kreeft (nl)
• Esperanto: Kankro
• Finnish: Krapu (fi)
• French: Cancer (fr)
• Galician: Cáncer (gl)
• Georgian: კირჩხიბი (ḳirčxibi)
• German: Krebs (de) m
• Greek: Καρκίνος (el) m (Karkínos)

  Ancient: Καρκίνος m (Karkínos)

• Hebrew: סַרְטַן‎ (he) m (sartán)
• Hindi: कर्क (hi) m (kark), कर्कट (hi) m (karkaṭ), केकड़ा (hi) m (kekṛā)
• Hungarian: Rák (hu) (csillagkép)
• Icelandic: Krabbinn m
• Indonesian: Kanser
• Irish: an Portán m
• Italian: Cancro (it) m
• Japanese: 巨蟹宮 (ja) (きょかいきゅう, kyokaikyū)
• Kazakh: Шаян (Şaän)
• Khmer: កក្កដា (km) (kakkədaa)
• Korean: 거해궁 (geohaegung)
• Latvian: Vēzis
• Lithuanian: Vežys
• Luxembourgish: Kriibs (lb) m
• Macedonian: рак m (rak)
• Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
• Maltese: Kanċer, Il-Granċ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Krepsen (no) m

  Nynorsk: Krepsen m

• Old English: Crabba m
• Persian: خرچنگ‎ (fa) (xarčang)
• Polish: Rak (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caranguejo (pt) m (Portugal), Câncer (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: Cancerului n, ^{(please verify)} Racului m (zodiac)
• Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak)
• Sanskrit: कर्कट (sa) m (karkaṭa), कर्क (sa) m (karka)
• Slovene: Rak (sl) m
• Swahili: Saratani, Kaa
• Swedish: Kräftan (sv) c
• Tagalog: Alimango
• Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi), కర్కాటకము (te) (karkāṭakamu), కర్కటము (te) (karkaṭamu), కర్కటం (karkaṭaṁ)
• Thai: กรกฎ (th) (gɔɔ-rá-gòt)
• Turkish: Yengeç (tr)
• Ukrainian: Рак (uk) m (Rak)
• Yiddish: די יענע מעשׂה‎ f (di yene mayse)

Noun

Cancer (plural Cancers)

1. Someone with a Cancer star sign.

Synonyms

• Cancerian

Translations

Someone with a Cancer star sign

• Catalan: cranc (ca) m or f, càncer (ca) m or f
• Danish: krebs c
• French: Cancer (fr)
• Galician: cáncer (gl)
• Greek: καρκίνος (el) m (karkínos)
• Icelandic: krabbi (is) m
• Macedonian: рак m (rak)
• Norwegian: kreps (no)
• Old English: Crabba m
• Portuguese: canceriano m
• Romanian: rac (ro) m
• Russian: рак (ru) m (rak)
• Swedish: kräfta (sv) c
• Ukrainian: рак (uk) m (rak)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}
• Cancer (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crance

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French

Cancer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.sɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

Cancer m or f by sense (plural Cancers)

1. Cancer (someone born with a Cancer star sign)

Proper noun

Cancer m

1. Cancer (constellation)
2. (astrology) Cancer (star sign)

Related terms

• tropique du Cancer

See also

Zodiac signs in French (layout · text)
Bélier ♈︎	Taureau ♉︎	Gémeaux ♊︎	Cancer ♋︎
Lion ♌︎	Vierge ♍︎	Balance ♎︎	Scorpion ♏︎
Sagittaire ♐︎	Capricorne ♑︎	Verseau ♒︎	Poissons ♓︎

Further reading

• “Cancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.