different between chancer vs chancre

English

Etymology

chance +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?æn.s?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æns?(r)

Noun

chancer (plural chancers)

1. (Britain, slang) A scheming opportunist.

Anagrams

• chancre

Danish

Noun

chancer c

1. indefinite plural of chance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ?.k?/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(?)

Noun

chancre (plural chancres)

1. (pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

Derived terms

• soft chancre

Related terms

• canker

Translations

Anagrams

• chancer

French

Etymology

From Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, inherited from Latin cancer, 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): /???k?/

Noun

chancre m (plural chancres)

1. (obsolete) lobster, crab
2. (medicine) canker, chancre

Related terms

• cancer
• cancre

Descendants

• ? English: chancre

Further reading

• “chancre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, cancrum.

Noun

chancre m (plural chancres)

1. 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)

1. (Jersey, pathology) tumour, verruca; syphilis
2. (Jersey) Guernsey crab

Synonyms

• (Guernsey crab): houais

Derived terms

• chancreux (“cancerous”)