English
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 and caedō .
Pronunciation
Noun
Caesarean section (plural Caesarean sections )
( Australia , British , New Zealand ) 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 )
Belarusian: ке́сарава сячэ́ньне n ( kjésarava sjačénʹnje )
Bulgarian: це́зарово сече́ние n ( cézarovo sečénie )
Catalan: cesària f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 剖腹產 / 剖腹产 (zh) , 剖腹产 (zh) ( pōufùchǎn ) , 剖宮產 / 剖宫产 (zh) ( pōugōngchǎn ) , 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
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Irish: gearradh Caesarach m
Italian: cesareo m , taglio cesareo m
Japanese: 帝王切開 ( ていおうせっかい teiōsekkai ) , 帝切 ( ていせつ, teisetsu ) , ( from German ) カイザー (ja) ( kaizā )
Korean: 제왕 절개 ( jewang jeolgae )
Latvian: ķeizargrieziens m
Manx: ruggyr Kaesaragh m
Maori: whānautanga poka , whānau poka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: keisersnitt n
Nynorsk: keisarsnitt n
Polish: cięcie cesarskie n
Portuguese: cesariana (pt) f
Romanian: cezariană (ro) f
Russian: ке́сарево сече́ние (ru) n ( késarevo sečénije ) , ке́сарево n ( késarevo )
Slovak: cisársky rez m
Slovene: carski rez m
Spanish: cesárea (es) f
Swedish: kejsarsnitt (sv) n
Turkish: sezaryen (tr)
Ukrainian: ке́сарів ро́зтин m ( késariv róztyn )
Vietnamese: mổ lấy thai
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