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cancro

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See also: Cancro

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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cancro m (plural cancri)

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

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Noun

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cancrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cancer

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: can‧cro

Noun

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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

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  • Tetum: kankru

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkankɾo/ [ˈkãŋ.kɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ankɾo
  • Syllabification: can‧cro

Noun

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cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. canker

Further reading

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