kancer
Albanian
Etymology
Noun
kancer m (definite kanceri)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kancer | kanceri |
| accusative | kancerin | |
| dat./abl. | kanceri | kancerit |
Polish
Alternative forms
- kankier (Middle Polish)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cancer.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant͡sɛr
- Syllabification: kan‧cer
Noun
kancer m inan
- (archaic, oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellural proliferation)
- Synonym: rak
- (colloquial, philately) alternative form of kancera (“damaged postage stamp”)
- Hypernym: znaczek
- (Middle Polish, oncology, pathology) tumor, ulcer
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]