kanker

From Dutch kanker, from Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ.kər/

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kanker (plural kankers)

1. cancer

• kankerbos
• maagkanker

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: kan‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɑŋkər

From Middle Dutch canker, from Latin cancer.

kanker m (plural kankers, diminutive kankertje n)

1. (medicine, oncology) cancer
2. (figurative) cancer, something harmful that festers and spreads elsewhere

• Afrikaans: kanker
• → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
• → Malay: kanker
  • → Indonesian: kanker
• → Minangkabau: kangker
• → Papiamentu: kanker

kanker

1. (potentially offensive, vulgar, chiefly Netherlands) An expression of anger, annoyance, etc. damn, fuck

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kanker

1. inflection of kankeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer. Cognate of Afrikaans kanker. Doublet of Kanser.

• IPA^(key): (standard) [ˈkan.kər], (assimilated, Dutch-influenced) [ˈkaŋ.kər]
• Hyphenation: kan‧kêr

kankêr (plural kanker-kanker, first-person possessive kankerku, second-person possessive kankermu, third-person possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation).

• کنسر (kanser) (Malaysia, Singapore)

• باره (barah) (Standard Malay)
• keganasan

• “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.

From English canker (“canker”), from Middle English canker, cancre, from Old English cancer, from Latin cancer (“a cancer”).

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)

1. canker, plant disease marked by gradual decay

From Indonesian kanker, from Dutch kanker (“cancer”), from Middle Dutch canker, from New Latin cancer.

kanker (Jawi spelling کنکر, plural kanker-kanker, informal 1st possessive kankerku, 2nd possessive kankermu, 3rd possessive kankernya)

1. (oncology) (Riau, Sumatra) cancer, disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation.

   Synonyms: barah, kanser

• kanser (Malaysia, Singapore)

• “kanker” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.