English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Latin circumcīsiō circumcīdō ( “ cut around ” ) , from circum ( “ about, around; through ” ) + caedō ( “ cut, hew ” ) .
Conceptually preceded by the Greek term περιτομή ("peritome")
Pronunciation [ edit ] circumcision (countable and uncountable plural circumcisions
The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis .
1697 A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit [1] So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion , in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.
The surgical removal of the clitoral hood of the clitoris ; female circumcision .
( often proscribed ) The surgical removal of the clitoris; clitoridectomy , usually referred to as female genital mutilation .Synonyms [ edit ] Hypernyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] removal of foreskin from penis
Albanian: synet (sq) m
Arabic: خِتَان m ( ḵitān ) , طهور m ( ṭhūr )
Moroccan Arabic: ختانة f ( ḵtāna ) , طهارة f ( ṭhāra ) , طهور m ( ṭhūr )
South Levantine Arabic: طهور m ( ṭhūr )
Armenian: թլփատում (hy) ( tʿlpʿatum ) , թլփատություն (hy) ( tʿlpʿatutʿyun )
Asturian: circuncisión f
Azerbaijani: sünnət
Bashkir: сөннәт ( sönnät ) , сөннәткә ултыртыу ( sönnätkä ultırtıw ) , сөннәткә биреү ( sönnätkä birew ) , бабаға ултыртыу ( babağa ultırtıw )
Belarusian: абраза́нне n ( abrazánnje )
Bengali: খতনা ( khotna ) , মোসলমানি ( mōsolmani ) , সুন্নত ( śunnot )
Bulgarian: обря́зване (bg) n ( obrjázvane )
Catalan: circumcisió f
Cebuano: pagkatuli
Chechen: суннат ( sunnat )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包皮環切術 ／ 包皮环切术 (zh) ( bāopí huánqiēshù ) , 割禮 ／ 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: περιτομή f ( peritomḗ )
Hausa: kaciya
Hebrew: מִילָה (he) f ( milá )
Hindi: ख़तना ( xatnā ) , खतना (hi) m ( khatnā ) , सुन्नत (hi) f ( sunnat ) , मुसलमानी (hi) f ( musalmānī )
Hungarian: körülmetélés (hu)
Icelandic: umskurður m
Indonesian: khitan (id) , sunat (id) , sirkumsisi
Irish: imghearradh m timpeallghearradh m
Italian: circoncisione (it) f
Japanese: 割礼 (ja) ( 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 )
Latin: circumcīsiō f
Latvian: apgraizīšana
Lithuanian: apipjaustymas m
Macedonian: обрежување n ( obrežuvanje )
Malay: khatan sunat perkhatanan
Maltese: ħtin m
Maori: poka kirimata
Ngazidja Comorian: mrino urinwa
Occitan: circomcision f
Old English: ymbsnidennes f
Oriya: ସୁନତ୍ ( sunôt )
Persian: ختنه (fa) ( xatne ) , سنت (fa) ( sonnat )
Polish: obrzezanie (pl) n
Portuguese: circuncisão (pt) f
Punjabi: ਖ਼ਤਨਾ ( xatnā ) , ਸੁੰਨਤ ( sunnat )
Romanian: circumcizie (ro) f
Russian: обреза́ние (ru) n ( obrezánije ) , ( rare ) циркумци́зия (ru) f ( cirkumcízija )
Sanskrit: त्वच्छेद m ( tvaccheda ) , लिङ्गाग्रचर्मपरिच्छेदन n ( liṅgāgracarmaparicchedana )
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 ) , سنت f ( sunnat )
Uyghur: سۈننەت ( sünnet )
Uzbek: sunnat (uz) , xatna (uz)
Vietnamese: cắt bao quy đầu
Volapük: säprepüdam
Walloon: discalotaedje (wa) m
Welsh: enwaediad m
Western Panjabi: ختنہ
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