Cancer

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

Translingual

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.

Hyponyms

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

Further reading

• Cancer (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cancer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cancer (genus) 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”), calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsɚ/
• Rhymes: -ænsə(r)

Proper noun

Cancer (symbol ♋)

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
   • 1602 — Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida ii 3
   • 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)
• Azeri: Xərçəng
• Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ)
• 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)
• Hebrew: סַרְטַן‏‎ (he) m (sartán)
• Hindi: केकड़ा (hi) m (kekṛā)
• Hungarian: Rák (hu)
• Icelandic: Krabbinn m
• Irish: an Portán m

• Italian: Cancro (it) m
• Japanese: 蟹座 (ja) (かにざ, kaniza)
• Korean: 게자리 (gejari)
• Latvian: Vēzis m
• Macedonian: Рак m (Rak)
• Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
• Maltese: Kanċer
• Norwegian: Krepsen (no) m
• Polish: Rak (pl) m
• Portuguese: câncer (pt) m
• Romanian: (Constelația) Cancerului n (def. form), Racului m (def.form)
• Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak)
• Slovene: Rak (sl) m
• Spanish: Cáncer (es) m
• Swedish: Kräftan (sv)
• Tagalog: Alimango
• Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi)
• Turkish: Yengeç (tr)
• 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)
• Azeri: Xərçəng
• Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ)
• 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)
• Hebrew: סַרְטַן‏‎ (he) m (sartán)
• Hungarian: Rák (hu) (csillagkép)
• Icelandic: Krabbinn m
• Irish: an Portán m

• Italian: Cancro (it) m
• Japanese: 巨蟹宮 (ja) (きょかいきゅう, kyokaikyū)
• Korean: 거해궁 (geohaegung)
• Latvian: Vēzis
• Lithuanian: Vežys
• Luxembourgish: Kriibs m
• Macedonian: Рак m (Rak)
• Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
• Maltese: Kanċer, Il-Granċ
• Norwegian: Krepsen (no) m
• Persian: خرچنگ‏‎ (fa) (xarčang)
• Polish: Rak (pl) m
• Portuguese: câncer (pt) m
• Romanian: Cancerului n, Racului m (zodia)
• Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak)
• Slovene: Rak (sl) m
• Swahili: Saratani, Kaa
• Tagalog: Alimango
• Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi)
• Turkish: Yengeç (tr)
• 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

• Danish: krebs c
• French: Cancer (fr)
• Galician: cáncer (gl)
• Greek: καρκίνος (el) m (karkínos)
• Icelandic: krabbi (is) m

• Norwegian: kreps (no)
• Romanian: rac (ro) m
• Russian: рак (ru) m (rak)
• Swedish: kräfta (sv) c

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