Cancer

Significat (Anglès)

Conceptes

Cranc

Càncer

cáncer

cancer

genus cancer

Sinònims

Crab

genus Cancer

Cancer the Crab

Astacus

Old World crayfish

ecrevisse

the Crab

Freqüència

B1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkænsə/
Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin cancer (“crab”), calque of Ancient Greek Καρκίνος (Karkínos, “crab”), calque of Akkadian 𒀀𒇻𒌅 (allutu, “crab”), from Sumerian 𒀯𒀠𒈜 (ᵐᵘˡAL.LUL, “crab; name of constellation”).

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