cancre
French
Etymology
Borrowed from
Latin
cancer
. Doublet of
chancre
and
cancer
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/kɑ̃kʁ/
Audio
:
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(
Canada
)
:
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Noun
cancre
m
(
plural
cancres
)
blockhead
,
dunce
,
dolt
(
dated
)
crayfish
Synonym:
écrevisse
(
obsolete
)
pauper
Further reading
“
cancre
”, in
Trésor de la langue française informatisé
[
Digitized Treasury of the French Language
]
,
2012
.