circumcise

English

Etymology

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

Verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis.
2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
3. (military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

Synonyms

• circ (informal), snip (informal)
• cut (informal)
• posthectomize (rare, medical)

Derived terms

• circumciser

Related terms

• circumcision

Translations

to remove the foreskin from the penis

• Arabic: خَتَنَ (ḵatana)

  Moroccan Arabic: ختن (ḵattan), طهر (ṭahhar)

• Armenian: թլփատել (hy) (tʻlpʻatel)
• Asturian: circuncidar
• Azerbaijani: kəsdirmək, sünnət etdirmək
• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Catalan: circumcidar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 割包皮 (zh) (gē bāopí)

• Czech: obřezat (cs) pf, obřezávat impf
• Danish: omskære
• Dutch: besnijden (nl)
• Egyptian: (sꜥb), (fḫt m ṯꜣm)
• Esperanto: cirkumcidi (eo)
• Faroese: umskera
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)
• French: circoncire (fr)
• Galician: circuncidar
• Georgian: წინდაცვეთა (c̣indacveta)
• German: beschneiden (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: περιτέμνω (peritémnō)

• Hebrew: מל (mal)
• Hindi: ख़तना करना (xatnā karnā)
• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
• Icelandic: umskera
• Ido: cirkoncizar (io)
• Indonesian: menyunat (id), mengkhitan (id)
• Irish: imghearr, timpeallghearr
• Italian: circoncidere (it)
• Japanese: 割礼を行なう (かつれいをおこなう, katsurei o okonau)
• Korean: 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada)
• Latin: circumcīdō
• Lithuanian: apipjaustyti (lt)
• Macedonian: обрежува (obrežuva), сунетисување n (sunetisuvanje)
• Malay: mengkhatankan
• Maori: poka kirimata, kokoti
• Nandi: muratan
• Occitan: circomcir
• Old English: ymbċeorfan, ymbsnīþan
• Polish: obrzezać (pl), obrzezywać (pl)
• Portuguese: circuncidar (pt)
• Romanian: circumcide (ro)
• Russian: соверша́ть обреза́ние impf (soveršátʹ obrezánije), соверши́ть обреза́ние pf (soveršítʹ obrezánije), обреза́ть (ru) impf (obrezátʹ), обре́зать (ru) pf (obrézatʹ) (impf. and pf. differ in word stress)
• Slovak: obrezať pf, obrezávať impf, obrezovať impf
• Spanish: circuncidar (es)
• Swedish: omskära (sv)
• Turkish: sünnet etmek (tr) (transitive), sünnet olmak (tr) (intransitive)
• Vietnamese: cắt bao quy đầu
• Volapük: säprepüdön
• Walloon: discaloter (wa), dischafyî
• Welsh: enwaedu (cy)
• Yiddish: ייִדישן (yidishn)

to remove the clitoris or labia

• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Czech: obřezat (cs)
• Danish: omskære
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)
• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
• Icelandic: umskera
• Korean: 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada)
• Swedish: omskära (sv)

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of circumcīsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

Participle

circumcīse

1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

Etymology 2

From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

Adverb

circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

1. concisely, briefly

References

• “circumcise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumcise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/
• Rhymes: -ise
• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧ci‧se

Adjective

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of circumcis (“circumcised”)

Verb

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)