circuncisión
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin circumcīsiōnem.
Noun
circuncisión f (plural circuncisiones)
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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.
Noun
circuncisión f (plural circuncisións)
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Further reading
- “circuncisión”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish circuncision, from Latin circumcīsiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunθiˈsjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾkunsiˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧ci‧sión
Noun
circuncisión f (plural circuncisiones)
- circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)
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Further reading
- “circuncisión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014