acupuncture

English

Etymology

From Latin acus (“needle”) + puncture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kju.ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/

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Noun

acupuncture (usually uncountable, plural acupunctures)

1. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.

Related terms

• acupuncturist

Translations

insertion of needles for remedial purposes

• Arabic: الوَخْز بِالْإِبْر‎‎ f (al-waxz bi-l-ʾibr)
• Asturian: acupuntura f
• Belarusian: акупункту́ра f (akupunktúra)
• Bengali: আকুপাংচার (akupangcar)
• Bulgarian: акупункту́ра f (akupunktúra)
• Catalan: acupuntura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 針灸 (zh), 针灸 (zh) (zhēnjiǔ), 針術 (zh), 针术 (zh) (zhēnshù)

• Czech: akupunktura (cs) f
• Danish: akupunktur (da) c
• Dutch: acupunctuur (nl) f
• Esperanto: akupunkturo (eo)
• Estonian: akupunktuur, nõelravi
• Finnish: akupunktio (fi)
• French: acupuncture (fr) f
• Galician: acupuntura f
• German: Akupunktur (de) f
• Greek: βελονισμός (el) m (velonismós)
• Hebrew: דִּקּוּר סִינִי / דיקור סיני‎‎ (he) m (dikur sini)
• Hindi: एक्यूपंक्चर (ekyūpaṅkcar)
• Hungarian: akupunktúra (hu)

• Ido: akupunturo (io)
• Italian: agopuntura (it) f
• Japanese: 鍼 (ja) (はり, hari), 鍼治療 (はりちりょう, harichiryō), 鍼治 (しんじ, shinji), 鍼術 (しんじゅつ, shinjutsu)
• Korean: 침술 (ko) (chimsul)
• Lithuanian: akupunktūra f
• Macedonian: акупункту́ра f (akupunktúra)
• Maori: hauora-ā-ngira, haumanu-ā-ngira
• Norwegian: akupunktur (no) m
• Persian: طب سوزنی‎‎ (fa) (tebb-e suzani)
• Polish: akupunktura (pl) f
• Portuguese: acupuntura (pt) f
• Romanian: acupunctură (ro) f
• Russian: акупункту́ра (ru) f (akupunktúra), иглоука́лывание (ru) n (igloukályvanije)
• Serbo-Croatian: akupunktura (sh) f
• Sinhalese: කටු චිකිත්සාව n (kaṭu cikitsāva), කටු වෙදකම n (kaṭu vedakama)
• Spanish: acupuntura (es) f
• Swedish: akupunktur (sv) c
• Telugu: ఆక్యుపంక్చర్ (ākyupaṅkcar)
• Thai: การฝังเข็ม (th) (gaan-fǎng-kěm), ฝังเข็ม (th) (fǎng-kěm)
• Ukrainian: акупункту́ра f (akupunktúra)
• Vietnamese: châm cứu

Verb

acupuncture (third-person singular simple present acupunctures, present participle acupuncturing, simple past and past participle acupunctured)

1. (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

Translations

to treat with acupuncture

• Finnish: hoitaa akupunktiolla (fi), antaa akupunktiohoitoa
• Portuguese: acupunturar (pt)

• Russian: де́лать иглоука́лывание n (délatʹ igloukályvanije), де́лать акупункту́ру f (délatʹ akupunktúru)

See also

• acupressure noun

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Alternative forms

• acuponcture (reformed spelling)

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ/

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Noun

acupuncture f (uncountable)

1. acupuncture

Further reading

• “acupuncture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).