kancer
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kancer m (definite kanceri)
Declension edit
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cancer.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.t͡sɛr/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.t͡sɛr/
- Rhymes: -ant͡sɛr
- Syllabification: kan‧cer
Noun edit
kancer m inan
- (archaic, oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellural proliferation)
- Synonym: rak
- (colloquial, philately) Alternative form of kancera (“damaged postage stamp”)
- Hypernym: znaczek
- (Middle Polish, oncology, pathology) tumor, ulcer
Declension edit
Declension of kancer
Derived terms edit
adjectives
verbs
- kancerować impf
Related terms edit
adjectives
nouns
Further reading edit
- 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]