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contagious
English
Etymology
From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?te?d??s/
- Rhymes: -e?d??s
Adjective
contagious (comparative more contagious, superlative most contagious)
- (of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
- Synonyms: catching, infectious
- (figuratively) Easily passed on to others.
- Synonym: infectious
- (of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
Antonyms
- non-contagious
Derived terms
- contagiousness
- contagion
Translations
Further reading
- contagious on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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chancre
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)
- (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)
- (obsolete) lobster, crab
- (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)
- 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”)
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