kancer

Albanian

Etymology

From English cancer.

Noun

kancer m (definite kanceri)

1. cancer

Declension

Declension of kancer

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kancer	kanceri
accusative		kancerin
dative/ablative	kanceri	kancerit

Polish

Alternative forms

• kankier (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.t͡sɛr/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.t͡sɛr/

• Rhymes: -ant͡sɛr
• Syllabification: kan‧cer

Noun

kancer m inan

1. (archaic, oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellural proliferation)

   Synonym: rak

2. (colloquial, philately) alternative form of kancera (“damaged postage stamp”)

   Hypernym: znaczek

3. (Middle Polish, oncology, pathology) tumor, ulcer

   Synonyms: guz, wrzód

Declension

Declension of kancer

	singular	plural
nominative	kancer	kancery
genitive	kancera	kancerów
dative	kancerowi	kancerom
accusative	kancer	kancery
instrumental	kancerem	kancerami
locative	kancerze	kancerach
vocative	kancerze	kancery

Derived terms

adjectives

• kancerowaty

verbs

• kancerować impf

Related terms

adjectives

• kancerowany

nouns

• kancerowanie

Further reading

• kancer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kancer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “kancer”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]