kanker
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kər/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: kan‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɑŋkər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.
Noun
Derived terms
- alvleesklierkanker
- baarmoederhalskanker
- baarmoederkanker
- bloedkanker
- borstkanker
- botkanker
- darmkanker
- huidkanker
- kanker-
- kankeren
- kankergezwel
- kankerlijder, kankerlijer
- kankerstaaf
- kinderkanker
- leverkanker
- longkanker
- maagkanker
- naar de kanker
- nierkanker
- peniskanker
- prostaatkanker
- teelbalkanker
- verkankeren
- vulvakanker
Descendants
Interjection
kanker
- (potentially offensive, vulgar, chiefly Netherlands) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer. Cognate of Afrikaans kanker. Doublet of Kanser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) [ˈkan.kər], (assimilated, Dutch-influenced) [ˈkaŋ.kər]
- Hyphenation: kan‧kêr
Noun
kankêr (plural kanker-kanker, first-person possessive kankerku, second-person possessive kankermu, third-person possessive kankernya)
Alternative forms
- کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “kanker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology 1
From English canker (“canker”), from Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer (“a cancer”).
Noun
kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
Etymology 2
From Indonesian kanker, from Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer.
Noun
kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)
Alternative forms
- kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “kanker” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.