cranc

Inherited from Latin cancrum. Doublet of càncer.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɾaŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾaŋk]

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cranc m (plural crancs)

1. crab

   Synonym: (Valencian) carranc

• “cranc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cranc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Dutch *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.

cranc

1. sick
2. weak, strengthless
3. vulnerable
4. not potent (of medicine)
5. insignificant
6. bad, miserable

• Dutch: krank
  • Afrikaans: krank
• Limburgish: krank

• “cranc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cranc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old Occitan, from Latin cancer, cancrum.

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cranc m (plural crancs)

1. (Languedoc) crab

• favolha

• IPA^(key): /krɑnk/, [krɑŋk]

cranc

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of crincan

• IPA^(key): /kraŋk/
• Rhymes: -aŋk

From Middle Welsh cranc, from Proto-Brythonic *krank, borrowed from Late Latin crancus, a variant form of Latin cancer. Cognate with Breton krank.

cranc m (plural crancod or crainc)

1. crab

• crogengranc (“turtle, tortoise”)

Borrowed from English crank.

cranc m (plural cranciau or crancod)

1. (mechanical) crank

   Synonyms: dolen, handlen

2. (people) crank, eccentric, oddball

   Synonyms: cymêr, caracter, carden

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cranc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies