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Cancer
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cancer cáncer Cáncer càncer cancèr câncer Câncer
Translingual
thumb|Cancer pagurus species (edible crab or brown crab)
Etymology
From mul la cancer crab, from mul grc καρκίνος crab.
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Cancridae family 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
Hyponyms
genus Cancer pagurus species (edible crab or brown crab) type species; Cancer bellianus species (toothed rock crab), Cancer borealis species (Jonah crab), Cancer irroratus species (Atlantic rock crab), Cancer johngarthi species, Cancer plebejus species, Cancer porteri species, Cancer productus species (red rock crab) species
References
Cancer (genus) Cancer (genus)
1
Cancer (Brachyura) Cancer (Brachyura)
English
en Image:Cancer.svg Gemini Leo Cancer (astrology)
en grc
Etymology
en grc akk
en la cancer crab, en grc Καρκίνος crab 1 1, grc akk 𒀀𒇻𒌅 crab allutu 1 1, from en sux 𒀯𒀠𒈜 mulAL.LUL crab; name of constellation.John H. Roger "Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions" Journal of the British Astronomy Association 108: 1, pp. 16, 27.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkænsə/ RP
en En-uk-cancer.ogg UK
en /ˈkænsɚ/ GA
en en-us-cancer.ogg US
en ænsə(ɹ) 2
Proper noun
(symbol ♋︎)
en Q8849en zodiac constellations A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a crab.
en Crab the Crab
ii 3 And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.
en 1998 John H. Roger Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions Journal of the British Astronomy Association 27 2 108 1 Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe.
en Q161701en 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
en Capricornus
Derived terms
en Cancemini Canceo Cancerian Cancri first point of Cancer Tropic of Cancer
Translations
constellation
Arabic: ar بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان m, ar اَلسَّرَطَان m
Armenian: hy Խեցգետին
Azerbaijani: az Xərçəng
Basque: eu Cancer, eu Karramarroa
Bengali: bn কর্কট
Bulgarian: bg Рак m
Burmese: my ကရကဋ်
Catalan: ca Cranc m, ca Càncer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巨蟹座
Cornish: kw an Kanker
Czech: cs Rak m
Danish: da Krebsen
Dutch: nl Kreeft f m
Esperanto: eo Kankro
Estonian: et Vähk
Finnish: fi Krapu
French: fr Cancer m
Galician: gl Cáncer
German: de Krebs m
Greek: el Καρκίνος m
Ancient Greek: grc καρκίνος Καρκίνος m
Hebrew: he סַרְטַן m sartán
Hindi: hi कर्क तारामंडल m
Hungarian: hu Rák
Icelandic: is Krabbi m Krabbinn
Indonesian: id Kanser
Irish: ga Portán m an Portán
Italian: it Cancro m
Japanese: ja 蟹座 Kaniza, ja かに座 Kaniza
Kazakh: kk Шаян
Korean: ko ^게자리
Latvian: lv Vēzis m
Macedonian: mk Рак m
Malay: ms Ketam, ms Sartan, ms Kanser
Maltese: mt Kanċer
Marathi: mr कर्क m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Krepsen m
Nynorsk: nn Krepsen m
Old English: ang crabba m
Persian: fa خرچنگ xarčang
Polish: pl Rak m
Portuguese: pt Caranguejo m Portugal, pt Câncer m Brazil
Romanian: (Constelația) ro Cancerului n (def. form), ro Racului m (def.form)
Russian: ru Рак m
Sanskrit: sa कर्कट m, sa कर्क m
Slovene: sl Rak m
Spanish: es Cáncer m
Swedish: sv Kräftan
Tagalog: tl Alimango
Telugu: te కర్కాటకరాశి, te కర్కాటకము, te కర్కటము, te కర్కటం
Thai: th ปู bpuu, th กรกฎ gɔɔ-rá-gòt
Tocharian B: txb Aśleṣ
Turkish: tr Yengeç
Ukrainian: uk Рак m
Urdu: ur کیکڑا m kekṛā, ur سرطان m sartān
Vietnamese: vi Cự Giải, vi Bắc Giải
Welsh: cy Cranc y Cranc
astrological sign
Afrikaans: af Kreef
Albanian: sq Gaforrja f
Arabic: ar بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان m, ar اَلسَّرَطَان m
Armenian: hy Խեցգետին
Asturian: ast Cáncer, ast Cámbaru
Azerbaijani: az Xərçəng
Basque: eu cancer, eu karramarro
Bengali: bn কর্কট
Bulgarian: bg Рак m
Burmese: my ကရကဋ်
Catalan: ca Cranc m, ca Càncer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巨蟹座
Cornish: kw an Kanker
Czech: cs Rak m
Danish: da Krebsen
Dutch: nl Kreeft f m
Esperanto: eo Kankro
Estonian: et Vähk
Finnish: fi Krapu
French: fr Cancer
Galician: gl Cáncer
Georgian: ka კირჩხიბი
German: de Krebs m
Greek: el Καρκίνος m
Ancient Greek: grc καρκίνος Καρκίνος m
Hebrew: he סַרְטַן m sartán
Hindi: hi कर्क m, hi कर्कट m, hi केकड़ा m
Hungarian: hu Rák (csillagkép)
Icelandic: is Krabbi m Krabbinn
Indonesian: id Kanser
Irish: ga Portán m an Portán
Italian: it Cancro m
Japanese: ja 巨蟹宮 Kyokaikyū
Kazakh: kk Шаян
Khmer: km កក្កដា
Korean: ko ^거해궁(巨蟹宮)
Latvian: lv Vēzis
Lithuanian: lt Vežys
Luxembourgish: lb Kriibs m
Macedonian: mk рак m
Malay: ms Ketam, ms Sartan, ms Kanser
Maltese: mt Kanċer, mt Il-Granċ
Marathi: mr कर्क m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Krepsen m
Nynorsk: nn Krepsen m
Odia: or କର୍କଟ karkaṭa
Persian: fa خرچنگ xarčang
Polish: pl Rak m
Portuguese: pt Caranguejo m Portugal, pt Câncer m Brazil
Punjabi: pa ਕਰਕ f
Romanian: ro Rac m
Russian: ru Рак m
Sanskrit: sa कर्कट m, sa कर्क m
Slovene: sl Rak m
Swahili: sw Saratani, sw Kaa
Swedish: sv Kräftan c
Tagalog: tl Alimango
Telugu: te కర్కాటకరాశి, te కర్కాటకము, te కర్కటము, te కర్కటం
Thai: th กรกฎ
Turkish: tr Yengeç
Ottoman Turkish: ota كشف keşef
Ukrainian: uk Рак m
Vietnamese: vi Cự Giải, vi Bắc Giải
Yiddish: yi די יענע מעשׂה f di yene mayse
Noun
Someone with a Cancer star sign.
en 2022 w:Candice Carty-Williams People Person Trapeze 189 ‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.
Synonyms
en Cancerian
Translations
Someone with a Cancer star sign
Bulgarian: bg рак m
Catalan: ca cranc m f, ca càncer m f
Danish: da krebs c
Dutch: nl Kreeft m f
Estonian: et Vähk
French: fr Cancer
Galician: gl cáncer
Greek: el καρκίνος m
Icelandic: is krabbi m
Macedonian: mk рак m
Norwegian: no kreps
Old English: ang Crabba m
Portuguese: pt canceriano m
Romanian: ro rac m
Russian: ru рак m
Swedish: sv kräfta c
Ukrainian: uk рак m
See also
References
Further reading
Cancer (constellation)
Anagrams
en accenr crance
en Constellations
Basque
Etymology
Ultimately from eu la cancer crab.
Pronunciation
kanzer<hyph:Can.cer>
Proper noun
in
en Cancer constellation
eu Karramarroa
Declension
in.pr
Further reading
eu Constellations
French
thumb|Cancer
Etymology
fr :lbor la:cancer
fr la cancer.
Pronunciation
Cancèr
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Cancer.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
Noun
mfbysense
en Cancer (someone born with a Cancer star sign)
Proper noun
m le Cancer
en Cancer (constellation)
fr astrology en Cancer (star sign)
Related terms
fr tropique du Cancer
See also
Further reading
fr Constellations Constellations in the zodiac
Latin
la:+ (astrologia)
Etymology
From la cancer crab.
Pronunciation
Cancer
la Can cer
Proper noun
Cancer/Cancr<2>
en Cancer, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
Declension
Cancer/Cancr<2>
See also
la Constellations in the zodiac