Caesarean section

English

Alternative forms

• See Caesarean § Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely corruption of the Latin phrase a caesō mātris uterō (“[born] from a cut in the mother’s womb”), supposedly the origin of Caesar's name. More at Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Caesarean section (countable and uncountable, plural Caesarean sections)

1. Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

   Synonyms: Caesarean, Cesarean, cesarean, C-section

   Antonyms: vaginal delivery, natural childbirth

Translations

incision in the womb

• Afrikaans: keisersnee
• Arabic: وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة (ar) f (wilāda qayṣariyya)
• Armenian: կեսարյան հատում (hy) (kesaryan hatum)
• Azerbaijani: qeysər kəsiyi
• Belarusian: ке́сарава сячэ́ньне n (kjésarava sjačénʹnje)
• Bulgarian: це́зарово сече́ние n (cézarovo sečénie)
• Catalan: cesària (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剖腹產／剖腹产 (zh) (pōufùchǎn), 剖宮產／剖宫产 (zh) (pōugōngchǎn)

• Czech: císařský řez (cs) m
• Danish: kejsersnit (da) n
• Dutch: keizersnede (nl) m or f
• Estonian: keisrilõige
• Faroese: keisaraskurður m
• Finnish: keisarileikkaus (fi), sektio (fi)
• French: césarienne (fr) f
• Georgian: საკეისრო კვეთა (saḳeisro ḳveta)
• German: Kaiserschnitt (de) m
• Greek: καισαρική τομή f (kaisarikí tomí)
• Hungarian: császármetszés (hu)
• Icelandic: keisaraskurður (is) m
• Indonesian: bedah sesar
• Irish: gearradh Caesarach m
• Italian: cesareo m, taglio cesareo m
• Japanese: 帝王切開 (ja) (ていおうせっかい teiōsekkai), 帝切 (ていせつ, teisetsu), (from German) カイザー (ja) (kaizā), ていおうせっかい
• Korean: 제왕 절개 (jewang jeolgae)
• Latvian: ķeizargrieziens m
• Macedonian: царски рез m (carski rez), царски m (carski) (ellipsis)
• Manx: ruggyr Kaesaragh m
• Maori: whānautanga poka, whānau poka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: keisersnitt n

  Nynorsk: keisarsnitt n

• Polish: cesarskie cięcie (pl) n, cesarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cesariana (pt) f
• Romanian: cezariană (ro) f
• Russian: ке́сарево сече́ние (ru) n (késarevo sečénije), ке́сарево n (késarevo)
• Sicilian: cisàriu m, tagghiu cisàriu m
• Slovak: cisársky rez m
• Slovene: carski rez m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: naroźeńska operacija f

  Upper Sorbian: wurězanje dźěsća n

• Spanish: cesárea (es) f
• Swedish: kejsarsnitt (sv) n
• Tagalog: sesaryan
• Turkish: sezaryen (tr)
• Ukrainian: ке́сарів ро́зтин m (késariv róztyn)
• Vietnamese: mổ lấy thai (vi)
• Welsh: toriad Cesaraidd m