Masculine

cancro

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) cancer
  2. (figuratively, masculine) cancer

Synonyms

tumore maligno

crescita cancerosa

cance

tumori degli animali

carcinomata

meoplasm maligno

neoplasm maligno

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
càn‧cro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkan.kro/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.

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