circumcision
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Inflected forms:
form: circumcisions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.
I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in.
gloss: The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
countable
modern
specifically
uncountable
usually
gloss: The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.
gloss: The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
often
proscribed
uncountable
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:
lang: Albanian
word: synet
lang: Arabic
word: خِتَان
roman: ḵitān
lang: Arabic
word: طهور
roman: ṭhūr
lang: Arabic
word: ختانة
roman: ḵtāna
lang: Arabic
word: طهارة
roman: ṭhāra
lang: Arabic
word: طهور
roman: ṭhūr
lang: Arabic
word: طهور
roman: ṭhūr
lang: Armenian
word: թլփատում
roman: tʻlpʻatum
lang: Armenian
word: թլփատություն
roman: tʻlpʻatutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: circuncisión
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sünnət
lang: Bashkir
word: сөннәт
roman: sönnət
lang: Bashkir
word: сөннәткә ултыртыу
roman: sönnətkə ultırtıw
lang: Bashkir
word: сөннәткә биреү
roman: sönnətkə birew
lang: Bashkir
word: бабаға ултыртыу
roman: babağa ultırtıw
lang: Belarusian
word: абраза́нне
roman: abrazánnje
lang: Bengali
word: খতনা
roman: khotna
lang: Bengali
word: মোসলমানি
roman: mōsolmani
lang: Bengali
word: সুন্নত
roman: śunnot
lang: Bulgarian
word: обря́зване
roman: obrjázvane
lang: Catalan
word: circumcisió
lang: Cebuano
word: pagkatuli
lang: Chechen
word: суннат
roman: sunnat
lang: Chechen
word: хадор
roman: xador
lang: Chechen
word: сунтдар
roman: suntdar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 包皮環切術 /包皮环切术
roman: bāopí huánqiēshù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 割禮 /割礼
roman: gēlǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 割包皮
roman: gēbāopí
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mrino
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: urinwa
lang: Czech
word: obřízka
lang: Danish
word: omskæring
lang: Danish
word: omskærelse
lang: Dutch
word: besnijdenis
lang: Esperanto
word: cirkumcido
lang: Estonian
word: ümberlõikamine
lang: Faroese
word: umskering
lang: Finnish
word: ympärileikkaus
lang: French
word: circoncision
lang: Galician
word: circuncisión
lang: Georgian
word: წინადაცვეთა
roman: c̣inadacveta
lang: German
word: Beschneidung
lang: German
word: Zirkumzision
lang: Greek
word: περιτομή
roman: peritomí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: περιτομή
roman: peritomḗ
lang: Hausa
word: kaciya
lang: Hebrew
word: מִילָה
roman: milá
lang: Hindi
word: ख़तना
roman: xatnā
lang: Hindi
word: खतना
roman: khatnā
lang: Hindi
word: सुन्नत
roman: sunnat
lang: Hindi
word: मुसलमानी
roman: musalmānī
lang: Hungarian
word: körülmetélés
lang: Icelandic
word: umskurður
lang: Indonesian
word: khitan
lang: Indonesian
word: sunat
lang: Indonesian
word: sirkumsisi
lang: Irish
word: imghearradh
lang: Irish
word: timpeallghearradh
lang: Italian
word: circoncisione
lang: Japanese
word: 割礼
roman: katsurei
lang: Japanese
word: 包皮切断
roman: hōhisetsudan
lang: Japanese
word: 包茎手術
roman: hōkeishujutsu
lang: Javanese
word: sunat
lang: Javanese
word: tetak
lang: Javanese
word: supit
lang: Kazakh
word: сүндет
roman: sündet
lang: Khmer
word: ការកាត់ស្បែកចុងអង្គជាតិចេញ
roman: kaa kat sbaek chong ɑng jiet jəñ
lang: Korean
word: 할례
roman: hallye
lang: Korean
word: 포피절제
roman: popijeolje
lang: Korean
word: 포경수술
roman: pogyeongsusul
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сүннөт
roman: sünnöt
lang: Latin
word: circumcīsiō
lang: Latvian
word: apgraizīšana
lang: Lithuanian
word: apipjaustymas
lang: Macedonian
word: обрежување
roman: obrežuvanje
lang: Malay
word: khatan
lang: Malay
word: sunat
lang: Malay
word: perkhatanan
lang: Maltese
word: ħtin
lang: Māori
word: poka kirimata
lang: Occitan
word: circomcision
lang: Odia
word: ସୁନତ୍
roman: sunat
lang: Old English
word: ymbsnidennes
lang: Persian
word: ختنه
roman: xatne
lang: Persian
word: سنت
roman: sonnat
lang: Polish
word: obrzezanie
lang: Portuguese
word: circuncisão
lang: Punjabi
word: ਖ਼ਤਨਾ
roman: xatnā
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸੁੰਨਤ
roman: sunnat
lang: Punjabi
word: ختنہ
roman: xtnh
lang: Romanian
word: circumcizie
lang: Russian
word: обреза́ние
roman: obrezánije
lang: Russian
word: циркумци́зия
roman: cirkumcízija
lang: Sanskrit
word: त्वच्छेद
roman: tvaccheda
lang: Sanskrit
word: लिङ्गाग्रचर्मपरिच्छेदन
roman: liṅgāgracarmaparicchedana
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: timcheall-ghearradh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sunnet
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sunet
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: обрезивање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: циркумцизија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: obrezivanje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cirkumcizija
lang: Slovak
word: obriezka
lang: Slovene
word: obrezovanje
lang: Slovene
word: cirkumcizija
lang: Spanish
word: circuncisión
lang: Swahili
word: tohara
lang: Swedish
word: omskärelse
lang: Tagalog
word: pagtutuli
lang: Tagalog
word: pagsusunat
lang: Tajik
word: хатна
roman: xatna
lang: Tatar
word: сөннәт
roman: sönnät
lang: Turkish
word: sünnet
lang: Turkmen
word: sünnet
lang: Ukrainian
word: обріза́ння
roman: obrizánnja
lang: Urdu
word: ختنہ
roman: xatna
lang: Urdu
word: سنت
roman: sunnat
lang: Uyghur
word: سۈننەت
roman: sünnet
lang: Uzbek
word: sunnat
lang: Uzbek
word: xatna
lang: Vietnamese
word: cắt bao quy đầu
lang: Volapük
word: säprepüdam
lang: Walloon
word: discalotaedje
lang: Welsh
word: enwaediad