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chancre.

lobster, crab

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɑ̃kʁ/
  1. lobster, crab

    masculine · obsolete
  2. canker, chancre

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, inherited from Latin cancrum, from Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of cancer.

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