circumcise

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

Verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
3. (military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

Synonyms

• circ (informal), snip (informal)
• cut (informal)
• posthectomize (rare, medical)

Derived terms

• circumcisable
• circumcisee
• circumciser
• circumcisor
• recircumcise

 

Related terms

• circumcision

Translations

to remove the foreskin from the penis

• Arabic: خَتَنَ (ḵatana)

  Moroccan Arabic: ختن (ḵattan), طهر (ṭahhar)

• Armenian: թլփատել (hy) (tʻlpʻatel)
• Asturian: circuncidar
• Azerbaijani: kəsdirmək, sünnət etdirmək
• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Catalan: circumcidar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 割包皮 (zh) (gē bāopí)

• Czech: obřezat (cs) pf, obřezávat impf
• Danish: omskære
• Dutch: besnijden (nl)
• Egyptian: (sꜥb), (fḫt m ṯꜣm)
• Esperanto: cirkumcidi (eo)
• Faroese: umskera
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)
• French: circoncire (fr)
• Galician: circuncidar
• Georgian: წინდაცვეთა (c̣indacveta)
• German: beschneiden (de)
• Greek: περιτέμνω (el) (peritémno)

  Ancient: περιτέμνω (peritémnō)

• Hebrew: מל (mal)
• Hindi: ख़तना करना (xatnā karnā)
• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
• Icelandic: umskera
• Ido: cirkoncizar (io)
• Indonesian: menyunat (id), mengkhitan (id)
• Irish: imghearr, timpeallghearr
• Italian: circoncidere (it)
• Japanese: 割礼を行なう (かつれいをおこなう, katsurei o okonau)
• Korean: 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada)
• Latin: circumcīdō
• Lithuanian: apipjaustyti (lt)
• Macedonian: обрежува (obrežuva), сунетисување n (sunetisuvanje)
• Malay: mengkhatankan
• Maori: poka kirimata, kokoti
• Nandi: muratan
• Occitan: circomcir
• Old English: ymbċeorfan, ymbsnīþan
• Polish: obrzezać (pl), obrzezywać (pl)
• Portuguese: circuncidar (pt)
• Romanian: circumcide (ro)
• Russian: соверша́ть обреза́ние impf (soveršátʹ obrezánije), соверши́ть обреза́ние pf (soveršítʹ obrezánije), обреза́ть (ru) impf (obrezátʹ), обре́зать (ru) pf (obrézatʹ) (impf. and pf. differ in word stress)
• Slovak: obrezať pf, obrezávať impf, obrezovať impf
• Spanish: circuncidar (es)
• Swedish: omskära (sv)
• Turkish: sünnet etmek (tr) (transitive), sünnet olmak (tr) (intransitive)
• Vietnamese: cắt bao quy đầu
• Volapük: säprepüdön
• Walloon: discaloter (wa), dischafyî (wa)
• Welsh: enwaedu (cy)
• Yiddish: ייִדישן (yidishn)

to remove the clitoris or labia

• Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
• Czech: obřezat (cs)
• Danish: omskære
• Finnish: ympärileikata (fi)
• Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
• Icelandic: umskera
• Korean: 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada)
• Swedish: omskära (sv)

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of circumcīsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

Participle

circumcīse

1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

Etymology 2

From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

Adverb

circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

1. concisely, briefly

References

• “circumcise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumcise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/
• Rhymes: -ise
• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧ci‧se

Adjective

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of circumcis (“circumcised”)

Verb

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)