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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkænsə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkænsɚ/
• 韻: -ænsə(ɹ)

固有名詞

Cancer (symbol ♋︎)

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a crab.

   Synonym: the Crab

   • c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.

   • 1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 27, column 2:

     Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe.

2. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).

反意語

• Capricornus

派生語

• Cancerian
• Cancri
• first point of Cancer
• Tropic of Cancer

名詞

Cancer (plural Cancers)

1. Someone with a Cancer star sign.
   • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 189:

     ‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.

同意語

• Cancerian

参考

参照

Further reading

• Cancer (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• crance

語源

From cancer (“crab”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈkaŋ.kɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈkan̠ʲ.t͡ʃer]
• ハイフネーション: Can‧cer

固有名詞

Cancer m sg (genitive Cancrī); second declension

1. Cancer, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

語形変化

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

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