how to pronounce cancer

/ˈkænsɚ/

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the above transcription of cancer is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

cancer is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cancer in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Agency for research on cancer or IARC …”

meaning of cancer

Cancer is a disease that can affect many different parts of the body.

cancer frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word cancer occurs in english on average 57.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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