cranc

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cancer, cancrum. Doublet of càncer.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɾaŋk/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈkɾaŋ/
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Noun

cranc m (plural crancs)

  1. crab

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.

Adjective

cranc

  1. sick
  2. weak, strengthless
  3. vulnerable
  4. not potent (of medicine)
  5. insignificant
  6. bad, miserable

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: krank
  • Limburgish: krank

Further reading
  • “cranc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “cranc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin cancer, cancrum.

Pronunciation
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Noun

cranc m (plural crancs)

  1. (Languedoc) crab

Synonyms

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cranc, from Proto-Brythonic *krank, borrowed from Late Latin crancus, a variant form of Latin cancer. Cognate with Breton krank.

Noun

cranc m (plural crancod)

  1. crab

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cranc granc nghranc chranc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cranc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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