circuncisão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siχ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siɻ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cun‧ci‧são

Noun

circuncisão f (plural circuncisões)

1. circumcision

   Synonym: postectomia

Related terms

• circuncidado
• circuncidar
• circunciso

Further reading

• “circuncisão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024