English Explanatory Dictionary

circumcision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
  2. Pharisaic circumcision.
  3. Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.
  4. The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
  5. The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/ En-us-circumcision.oga

Word forms

circumcision circumcisions

Etymology

From Middle English circumcisioun, from Old French circumcisiun (modern French circoncision) and its etymon Latin circumcīsiōn-, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”). By surface analysis, circumcis(e) + -ion.

Synonyms

circ male circumcision posthectomy posthetomy

Related words

circumcise circumsection

Derived words

anticircumcision autocircumcision circumcisional circumcisionism circumcisionist circumfetishism circumfetishist female circumcision male circumcision pharaonic circumcision postcircumcision post-circumcision recircumcision self-circumcision uncircumcision

Translations

Albanian: synet Arabic: خِتَان Arabic: طهور Arabic: ختانة Arabic: طهارة Armenian: թլփատում Armenian: թլփատություն Asturian: circuncisión Azerbaijani: sünnət Bashkir: сөннәт Bashkir: сөннәткә ултыртыу Bashkir: сөннәткә биреү Bashkir: бабаға ултыртыу Belarusian: абраза́нне Bengali: খতনা Bengali: মোসলমানি Bengali: সুন্নত Bulgarian: обря́зване Catalan: circumcisió Cebuano: pagkatuli Chechen: суннат Chechen: хадор Chechen: сунтдар Chinese Mandarin: 包皮環切術 /包皮环切术 Chinese Mandarin: 割禮 /割礼 Chinese Mandarin: 割包皮 Ngazidja Comorian: mrino Ngazidja Comorian: urinwa Czech: obřízka Danish: omskæring Danish: omskærelse Dutch: besnijdenis Esperanto: cirkumcido Estonian: ümberlõikamine Faroese: umskering Finnish: ympärileikkaus French: circoncision Galician: circuncisión Georgian: წინადაცვეთა German: Beschneidung German: Zirkumzision Greek: περιτομή Ancient Greek: περιτομή Hausa: kaciya Hebrew: מִילָה Hindi: ख़तना Hindi: खतना Hindi: सुन्नत Hindi: मुसलमानी Hungarian: körülmetélés Icelandic: umskurður Indonesian: khitan Indonesian: sunat Indonesian: sirkumsisi Irish: imghearradh Irish: timpeallghearradh Italian: circoncisione Japanese: 割礼 Japanese: 包皮切断 Japanese: 包茎手術 Javanese: sunat Javanese: tetak Javanese: supit Kazakh: сүндет Khmer: ការកាត់ស្បែកចុងអង្គជាតិចេញ Korean: 할례 Korean: 포피절제 Korean: 포경수술
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