cancro

See also: Cancro

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cancro m (plural cancri)

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

Latin

Noun

cancrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cancer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/

  • Hyphenation: can‧cro

Noun

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

  • → Tetum: kankru

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. canker

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.