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chancre

/ʃɑ̃kʁ/

noun, masculine/ʃɑ̃kʁ/plural: chancres

lobster, crab; canker, chancre

Inherited from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, inherited from Latin 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.

chancre — French Dictionary | Passage