chancre

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/ Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ) === Noun === chancre (plural chancres) (pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== canker ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === chancer == French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃kʁ/ === Noun === chancre m (plural chancres) (obsolete) lobster, crab (medicine) canker, chancre ==== Related terms ==== cancer cancre ==== Descendants ==== → English: chancre === Further reading === “chancre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, cancrum. === Noun === chancre m (plural chancres) cancer (cancerous cell mutation) ==== Descendants ==== French: chancre→ English: chancre Norman: chancre == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer. === Noun === chancre m (plural chancres) (Jersey, pathology) tumour, verruca; syphilis (Jersey) Guernsey crab ==== Synonyms ==== (Guernsey crab): houais ==== Derived terms ==== chancreux (“cancerous”)