circumcision

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

NounEdit

circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)

1. The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis.
2. The surgical removal of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
3. (sometimes proscribed) The surgical removal of the clitoris; clitoridectomy, usually referred to as female genital mutilation

SynonymsEdit

• circ (informal)

Related termsEdit

• circumcise, circumcize
• male circumcision
• female circumcision

TranslationsEdit

removal of foreskin from penis

• Albanian: synet (sq) m
• Arabic: خِتَان‎‎ m (ḵitān)
• Armenian: թլփատում (hy) (tʿlpʿatum), թլփատություն (hy) (tʿlpʿatutʿyun)
• Asturian: circuncisión f
• Azerbaijani: sünnət
• Bashkir: сөннәт (sönnät), сөннәткә ултыртыу (sönnätkä ultïrtïw), сөннәткә биреү (sönnätkä birew), бабаға ултыртыу (babağa ultïrtïw)
• Belarusian: абраза́нне n (abrazánnje)
• Bulgarian: обря́зване n (obrjázvane)
• Catalan: circumcisió f
• Chechen: суннат (sunnat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包皮環切術 (zh), 包皮环切术 (zh) (bāopí huánqiēshù), 割禮 (zh), 割礼 (zh) (gēlǐ), 割包皮 (zh) (gēbāopí)

• Czech: obřízka (cs) f
• Danish: omskæring c, omskærelse c
• Dutch: besnijdenis (nl) f
• Esperanto: cirkumcido
• Estonian: ümberlõikamine
• Faroese: umskering f
• Finnish: ympärileikkaus (fi)
• French: circoncision (fr) f
• Galician: circuncisión f
• Georgian: წინადაცვეთა (c̣inadacveta)
• German: Beschneidung (de) f, Zirkumzision f
• Greek: περιτομή (el) f (peritomí)

  Ancient Greek: περιτομή f (peritomḗ)

• Hausa: kaciya
• Hebrew: מִילָה‎‎ (he) f (mila)
• Hindi: ख़तना (xatna)
• Hungarian: körülmetélés (hu)
• Icelandic: umskurður m
• Indonesian: khitan (id), sunat (id)
• Italian: circoncisione (it) f
• Japanese: 割礼 (かつれい, katsurei), 包皮切断 (ほうひせつだん, hōhisetsudan), 包茎手術 (ほうけいしゅじゅつ, hōkeishujutsu)
• Javanese: sunat, tetak (jv) (krama), supit (jv) (krama inggil)

• Kazakh: сүндет (sündet)
• Khmer: ការកាត់ស្បែកចុងអង្គជាតិចេញ (kaa kat sbaek chong ɑng jiet jəñ)
• Korean: 할례 (ko) (hallye), 포피절제 (popijeolje), 포경수술 (ko) (pogyeongsusul)
• Kyrgyz: сүннөт (ky) (sünnöt)
• Latvian: apgraizīšana
• Lithuanian: apipjaustymas m
• Macedonian: обрежување n (obrežuvanje)
• Malay: khatan, sunat, perkhatanan
• Ngazidja Comorian: mrino, urinwa
• Occitan: circomcision f
• Persian: ختنه‎‎ (fa) (xatne)
• Polish: obrzezanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: circuncisão (pt) f
• Romanian: circumcizie (ro) f
• Russian: обреза́ние (ru) n (obrezánije), (rare) циркумци́зия (ru) f (cirkumcízija)
• Scottish Gaelic: timcheall-ghearradh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обрезивање n, циркумцизија f

  Roman: obrezivanje (sh) n, cirkumcizija (sh) f

• Slovak: obriezka f
• Slovene: obrezovanje (sl) n, cirkumcizija f
• Spanish: circuncisión (es) f
• Swahili: tohara (sw)
• Swedish: omskärelse (sv)
• Tagalog: pagtutuli, pagsusunat
• Tajik: хатна (tg) (xatna)
• Turkish: sünnet (tr)
• Turkmen: sünnet
• Ukrainian: обріза́ння n (obrizánnja)
• Urdu: ختنہ‎‎ (xatna)
• Uyghur: سۈننەت‎‎ (sünnet)
• Uzbek: sunnat (uz), xatna (uz)
• Vietnamese: cắt bao quy đầu

female circumcision — see female circumcision

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} besnijdenis (nl) f
• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} aʋatsotso
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ברית מִילָה‎‎ (he) f (brit mila)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} circoncisione (it) f

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 할례 (ko) (hallye)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} circumcizie (ro) f
• Spanish: circuncisión (es) f