Cancer

Cancer

See also: cancer, cáncer, Cáncer, càncer, cancèr, câncer, and Câncer

Translingual

Cancer pagurus (edible crab or brown crab)

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Proper noun

Cancer m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cancridae – true crabs, distinguished by the presence of a single posterolateral spine (on the edge of the carapace, towards the rear), anterolateral spines with deep fissures (on the carapace edge, towards the front), and a short extension of the carapace forward between the eyes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Cancroidea - superfamily; Cancridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cancer pagurus (edible crab or brown crab) - type species; Cancer bellianus (toothed rock crab), Cancer borealis (Jonah crab), Cancer irroratus (Atlantic rock crab), Cancer johngarthi, Cancer plebejus, Cancer porteri, Cancer productus (red rock crab) - species

References

• Cancer (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cancer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cancer (Brachyura) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Signs of the Zodiac

Gemini		Leo
English Wikipedia has an article about Cancer.

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”), a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkænsɚ/
• Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Cancer (symbol ♋︎)

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:

     And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.

2. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).

Antonyms

• Capricornus

Derived terms

• Cancerian
• Cancri
• Tropic of Cancer

Translations

constellation

Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (burj as-saraṭān), اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (as-saraṭān) Armenian: Խեցգետին (Xecʿgetin) Azerbaijani: Xərçəng Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ) Burmese: ကရကဋ် (my) (ka.ra.kat) Catalan: Cranc (ca) m, Càncer (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巨蟹座 (zh) (jùxièzuò) Cornish: an Kanker Czech: Rak (cs) m Danish: Krebsen Dutch: Kreeft (nl) Esperanto: Kankro Finnish: Krapu (fi) French: Cancer (fr) m Galician: Cáncer (gl) German: Krebs (de) m Greek: Καρκίνος (el) m (Karkínos) Ancient: Καρκίνος m (Karkínos) Hebrew: סַרְטַן‎ (he) m (sartán) Hindi: कर्क (hi) m (kark), कर्कट (hi) m (karkaṭ), केकड़ा (hi) m (kekṛā) Hungarian: Rák (hu) Icelandic: Krabbinn m Indonesian: Kanser Irish: an Portán m Italian: Cancro (it) m Japanese: 蟹座 (ja) (かにざ, kaniza) Kazakh: Шаян (Şaän) Korean: 게자리 (gejari) Latvian: Vēzis m Macedonian: Рак m (Rak) Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser Maltese: Kanċer Norwegian: Bokmål: Krepsen (no) m Nynorsk: Krepsen m Old English: Crabba m Persian: خرچنگ‎ (fa) (xarčang) Polish: Rak (pl) m Portuguese: Caranguejo (pt) m (Portugal), Câncer (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: (Constelația) Cancerului n (def. form), Racului m (def.form) Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak) Sanskrit: कर्कट (sa) m (karkaṭa), कर्क (sa) m (karka) Slovene: Rak (sl) m Spanish: Cáncer (es) m Swedish: Kräftan (sv) Tagalog: Alimango Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi), కర్కాటకము (te) (karkāṭakamu), కర్కటము (te) (karkaṭamu), కర్కటం (karkaṭaṁ) Tocharian B: Aśleṣ Turkish: Yengeç (tr) Ukrainian: Рак (uk) m (Rak) Urdu: کیکڑا‎ m (kekṛā), سرطان‎ m (sartān) Welsh: y Cranc

astrological sign

Afrikaans: Kreef Albanian: Gaforrja f Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (burj as-saraṭān), اَلسَّرَطَان‎ m (as-saraṭān) Armenian: Խեցգետին (Xecʿgetin) Asturian: Cáncer, Cámbaru Azerbaijani: Xərçəng Bengali: কর্কট (kôrkôṭ) Burmese: ကရကဋ် (my) (ka.ra.kat) Catalan: Cranc (ca) m, Càncer (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巨蟹座 (zh) (jùxièzuò) Cornish: an Kanker Czech: Rak (cs) m Danish: Krebsen Dutch: Kreeft (nl) Esperanto: Kankro Finnish: Krapu (fi) French: Cancer (fr) Galician: Cáncer (gl) Georgian: კირჩხიბი (ḳirčxibi) German: Krebs (de) m Greek: Καρκίνος (el) m (Karkínos) Ancient: Καρκίνος m (Karkínos) Hebrew: סַרְטַן‎ (he) m (sartán) Hindi: कर्क (hi) m (kark), कर्कट (hi) m (karkaṭ), केकड़ा (hi) m (kekṛā) Hungarian: Rák (hu) (csillagkép) Icelandic: Krabbinn m Indonesian: Kanser Irish: an Portán m Italian: Cancro (it) m Japanese: 巨蟹宮 (ja) (きょかいきゅう, kyokaikyū) Kazakh: Шаян (Şaän) Khmer: កក្កដា (km) (kakkədaa) Korean: 거해궁 (geohaegung) Latvian: Vēzis Lithuanian: Vežys Luxembourgish: Kriibs (lb) m Macedonian: рак m (rak) Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser Maltese: Kanċer, Il-Granċ Norwegian: Bokmål: Krepsen (no) m Nynorsk: Krepsen m Old English: Crabba m Persian: خرچنگ‎ (fa) (xarčang) Polish: Rak (pl) m Portuguese: Caranguejo (pt) m (Portugal), Câncer (pt) m (Brazil) Punjabi: ਕਰਕ f (karak) Romanian: Cancerului n, (please verify) Racului m (zodiac) Russian: Рак (ru) m (Rak) Sanskrit: कर्कट (sa) m (karkaṭa), कर्क (sa) m (karka) Slovene: Rak (sl) m Swahili: Saratani, Kaa Swedish: Kräftan (sv) c Tagalog: Alimango Telugu: కర్కాటకరాశి (te) (karkāṭakarāśi), కర్కాటకము (te) (karkāṭakamu), కర్కటము (te) (karkaṭamu), కర్కటం (karkaṭaṁ) Thai: กรกฎ (th) (gɔɔ-rá-gòt) Turkish: Yengeç (tr) Ukrainian: Рак (uk) m (Rak) Yiddish: די יענע מעשׂה‎ f (di yene mayse)

Noun

Cancer (plural Cancers)

1. Someone with a Cancer star sign.

Synonyms

• Cancerian

Translations

Someone with a Cancer star sign

Catalan: cranc (ca) m or f, càncer (ca) m or f Danish: krebs c French: Cancer (fr) Galician: cáncer (gl) Greek: καρκίνος (el) m (karkínos) Icelandic: krabbi (is) m Macedonian: рак m (rak) Norwegian: kreps (no) Old English: Crabba m Portuguese: canceriano m Romanian: rac (ro) m Russian: рак (ru) m (rak) Swedish: kräfta (sv) c Ukrainian: рак (uk) m (rak)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}
• Cancer (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crance

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French

Cancer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.sɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

Cancer m or f by sense (plural Cancers)

1. Cancer (someone born with a Cancer star sign)

Proper noun

Cancer m

1. Cancer (constellation)
2. (astrology) Cancer (star sign)

Related terms

• tropique du Cancer

See also

Zodiac signs in French (layout · text)
Bélier ♈︎	Taureau ♉︎	Gémeaux ♊︎	Cancer ♋︎
Lion ♌︎	Vierge ♍︎	Balance ♎︎	Scorpion ♏︎
Sagittaire ♐︎	Capricorne ♑︎	Verseau ♒︎	Poissons ♓︎

Further reading

• “Cancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.