Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chancre

/ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: chan-cre
IPA: /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

Example Sentences

"The nurse stood up and went towards the door. At that point the caretaker said to me, "It's a chancre she's got." I didn't understand, so I looked at the nurse and saw that she had a bandage round her head just below the eyes. Where her nose should have been, the bandage was flat. Her face seemed to be nothing but a white bandage."
"If the primary stage is not treated the chancre will disappear after four to eight weeks but remember that the germ is still in the body."
"As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine."

Etymology

Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: chancre, cancer

Inflected Forms

chancres (plural)

Derived Forms

chancriform chancroid

Phrases

chancre mechanic soft chancre

Frequently Paired Words

canker

Rhymes With

anchor banker tanker wanker flanker rancor canker hanker ranker spanker blanker franker

Questions

How do you pronounce chancre?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/.
What does chancre mean?: Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
Where does chancre come from?: It is traced to French.

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