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/

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• Rhymes: -ankro
• Hyphenation: càn‧cro

Noun

cancro m (plural cancri)

1. (oncology) cancer

   Synonym: tumore

2. (figurative) cancer

Related terms

• cancerizzarsi
• cancerogeno
• cancerologia
• cancerologo
• canceroso
• granchio

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

• “cancro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10