Phrase guide

lung cancer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Cancer of the lung(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carcinoma

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tumoret e mushkërive — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Arabic: سَرَطَان اَلرِّئَة (saraṭān ar-riʔa) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Armenian: թոքի քաղցկեղ (tʻokʻi kʻaġcʻkeġ) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Asturian: cáncanu de pulmón — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Azerbaijani: ağciyər xərçəngi — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Basque: birikako minbizi — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Belarusian: рак лёгкага (rak ljóhkaha) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Bengali: ফুসফুসের ক্যান্সার (phuśphuśer kênśar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Bulgarian: рак на белия дроб (rak na belija drob) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Catalan: càncer de pulmó — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺癌 (fèi'ái) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Chuvash: ӳпке ракӗ (üpke rak̬ĕ) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Czech: karcinom plic — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Czech: rakovina plic — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Danish: lungekræft — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Dutch: longkanker — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Esperanto: pulma kancero — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Estonian: kopsuvähk — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Faroese: lungnakrabbi — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Faroese: krabbamein í lungunum — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Finnish: keuhkosyöpä — cancer of the lung(s)
  • French: cancer du poumon — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Galician: cancro de pulmón — cancer of the lung(s)
  • German: Lungenkrebs — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Greek: καρκίνος του πνεύμονα (karkínos tou pnévmona) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Hebrew: סרטן הריאה — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Hindi: फुफ्फुस कैन्सर (phuphphus kainsar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Hungarian: tüdőrák — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Icelandic: lungnakrabbamein — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Icelandic: lungnakrabbi — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Indonesian: kanker paru-paru — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Irish: ailse scamhóg — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Italian: carcinoma del polmone — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Japanese: 肺癌 (haigan) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Kannada: ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶದ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ (śvāsakōśada kyānsar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Korean: 폐암 (pyeam) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Latvian: plaušu vēzis — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Lithuanian: plaučių vėžys — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Malay: kanser paru-paru — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Malayalam: ശ്വാസകോശാർബുദം (śvāsakōśāṟbudaṁ) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Māori: mate pukupuku pūkahukahu — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Marathi: फुफ्फुसाचा कर्करोग (phuphphusācā karkarog) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Navajo: atsʼíís naałdzid — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Nepali: फोक्सो क्यान्सर (phokso kyānsar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lungekreft — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lungekreft — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Odia: ଫୁସଫୁସ କର୍କଟ (phusaphusa karkaṭa) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Persian: سرطان ریه — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Polish: rak płuca — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Portuguese: cancro do pulmão — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Portuguese: câncer de pulmão — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Punjabi: ਫੇਫੜੇ ਦਾ ਕੈਂਸਰ (phephṛe dā kainsar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Quechua: surq'an phiru unquy — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Romanian: cancer pulmonar — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Russian: рак лёгких (rak ljóxkix) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Kinyarwanda: kanseri yo mu bihaha — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Serbo-Croatian: rak pluća — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Sinhalese: පෙනහළු පිළිකා (penahaḷu piḷikā) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Slovak: rakovina pľúc — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Slovak: karcinóm pľúc — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Slovene: pljučni rak — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Spanish: cáncer de pulmón — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Swahili: saratani ya mapafu — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Swedish: lungcancer — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Tagalog: kanser sa baga — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Tamil: நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோய் (nuraiyīral puṟṟunōy) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Telugu: ఊపిరితిత్తుల కాన్సర్ (ūpiritittula kānsar) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Thai: มะเร็งปอด — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Turkish: akciğer kanseri — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Ukrainian: рак легені (rak leheni) — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Vietnamese: ung thư phổi — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Welsh: canser yr ysgyfaint — cancer of the lung(s)
  • Yiddish: לונגענראַק (lungenrak) — cancer of the lung(s)