Cancer

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Name

1. A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
2. 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).

Noun

Someone with a Cancer star sign.

Konzepte

Krebs

Cancer

Synonyme

Crab

crab

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genus Cancer

Cancer the Crab

shellfish

zodiac

crawdad

Astacus

Old World crayfish

ecrevisse

crawfish

the Crab

crayfish

Übersetzungen

Cancer

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Cancro

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Καρκίνος

Kreeft

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Cáncer

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Câncer

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Cancer

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Cranc

Yengeç

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câncer

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Càncer

السرطان

Cancer

cáncer

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkænsə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).