cancre

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of chancre and cancer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑ̃kʁ/ === Noun === cancre m (plural cancres) blockhead, dunce, dolt (dated) crayfish Synonym: écrevisse (obsolete) pauper === Further reading === “cancre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012