chancre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)
Noun
chancre (plural chancres)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, inherited from Latin cancer, cancrum, from Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of cancer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃kʁ/
Descendants
- → English: chancre
Further reading
- “chancre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, cancrum.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer.
Noun
chancre m (plural chancres)
Synonyms
- (Guernsey crab): houais
Derived terms
- chancreux (“cancerous”)
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