circumcise

English

Alternative forms

• circumcize

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. To amputate the prepuce from a penis.
2. To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia.

Synonyms

• circ (informal), snip (informal)

Related terms

• circumcision

Translations

to remove the foreskin from the penis

• Arabic: ختن (ar) (khátana)
• Armenian: թլփատել (hy) (t’lp’atel)
• Asturian: circuncidar (ast)
• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Catalan: circumcidar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 割包皮 (cmn) (gē bāopí)

• Danish: omskære (da)
• Dutch: besnijden (nl)
• Esperanto: cirkumcidi (eo)
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)
• French: circoncire (fr)
• Galician: circuncidar (gl)
• German: beschneiden (de)
• Hindi: ख़तना करना (hi) (khatna karnā)
• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)

• Icelandic: umskera (is)
• Italian: circoncidere (it)
• Japanese: 割礼を行なう (ja) (かつれいをおこなう, katsurei o okonau)
• Lithuanian: apipjaustyti (lt)
• Macedonian: обрежува (mk) (obréžuva), сунетисување (mk) (sunetisúvanje) n
• Malay: mengkhatankan (ms)
• Occitan: circomcir (oc)
• Polish: obrzezać (pl), obrzezywać (pl)
• Portuguese: circuncidar (pt)
• Romanian: circumcide (ro)
• Russian: совершать обрезание (ru) (soveršátʹ obrezánije) impf., совершить обрезание (ru) (soveršítʹ obrezánije) pf., обрезать (ru) (obrezátʹ) impf., обрезать (ru) (obrézatʹ) pf. (impf. and pf. differ in word stress)
• Spanish: circuncidar (es)
• Turkish: sünnet etmek (tr) (transitive), sünnet olmak (tr) (intransitive)
• Yiddish: ייִדישן (yi) (yidishn)

to remove the clitoris or labia

• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Danish: omskære (da)
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)

• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
• Icelandic: umskera (is)

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Latin

Participle

circumcīse

1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t͡ʃirkumˈt͡ʃise]

Adjective

circumcise

1. feminine plural form of circumcis

   puli circumcise

   circumcised cocks

2. neuter plural form of circumcis

   penisuri circumcise

   circumcised penises

Verb

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect form of circumcide.