kancer

Albanian

Etymology

From English cancer.

Noun

kancer m (definite kanceri)

  1. cancer

Declension
Declension of kancer
indefinite definite
nominative kancer kanceri
accusative kancerin
dat./abl. kanceri kancerit

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cancer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.t͡sɛr/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.t͡sɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ant͡sɛr
  • Syllabification: kan‧cer

Noun

kancer m inan

  1. (archaic, oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellural proliferation)
    Synonym: rak
  2. (colloquial, philately) Alternative form of kancera (“damaged postage stamp”)
    Hypernym: znaczek
  3. (Middle Polish, oncology, pathology) tumor, ulcer
    Synonyms: guz, wrzód

Declension
Declension of kancer
singular plural
nominative kancer kancery
genitive kancera kancerów
dative kancerowi kancerom
accusative kancer kancery
instrumental kancerem kancerami
locative kancerze kancerach
vocative kancerze kancery

Derived terms
adjectives
  • kancerowaty
verbs
  • kancerować impf
adjectives
  • kancerowany
nouns
  • kancerowanie

Further reading
  • kancer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kancer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kancer”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
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