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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *cirurgião, cilurgião, celorgião, *cerorgião (“chirurgeon”), from *chīrūrgiānus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrūrgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɾ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɻ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧ão
Noun
cirurgião m (plural cirurgiões or cirurgiães, feminine cirurgiã, feminine plural cirurgiãs)
- surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
- Synonym: operador
Derived terms