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English
Etymology
From Latin circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).
Pronunciation
Noun
circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)
- The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit, page 7:So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3.
- (modern Judaism, usually specifically) Pharisaic circumcision.
- (chiefly historical or Philippines) Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy.
The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.
- The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- (often proscribed) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
(disputedly, in the male case)
Derived terms
Translations
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) (tʻlpʻatum), թլփատություն (hy) (tʻlpʻatutʻyun)
- Asturian: circuncisión f
- Azerbaijani: sünnət
- Bashkir: сөннәт (sönnət), сөннәткә ултыртыу (sönnətkə ultırtıw), сөннәткә биреү (sönnətkə birew), бабаға ултыртыу (babağa ultırtıw)
- Belarusian: абраза́нне n (abrazánnje)
- Bengali: খতনা (bn) (khotna), মোসলমানি (mōsolmani), সুন্নত (bn) (śunnot)
- Bulgarian: обря́зване (bg) n (obrjázvane)
- Catalan: circumcisió f
- Cebuano: pagkatuli
- Chechen: суннат (sunnat), хадор (xador), сунтдар (suntdar)
- 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 (ms), perkhatanan
- Maltese: ħtin m
- Maori: poka kirimata
- Ngazidja Comorian: mrino, urinwa
- Occitan: circomcision f
- Odia: ସୁନତ୍ (sunat)
- Old English: ymbsnidennes f
- 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: sunnet (Islam), sunet (sh) m (Islam)
- 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)
- Tatar: сөннәт (tt) (sönnät)
- 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 (xtnh)
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See also
References
- ^ Nunn, Gary (2019 July 20) “Foreskin reclaimers: the 'intactivists' fighting infant male circumcision”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 31 May 2020
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