Noun: càncer
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | càncer |
| Plural m | càncers |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like càncer
urinari,
esferoide,
bolígraf,
dissentiment,
ajuntament,
serial,
serrat,
serral,
server,
servei,
depurador,
sextet,
sector,
secret,
secany,
secall,
seguit,
segell,
seient,
sedant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of cranc, which was inherited. See: Latin Nouns '
cancer', Ancient Greek Nouns '
καρκίνος'.
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