circumcise

circumcise

English

Etymology

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

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 a penis.
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)

Derived terms

• circumciser

Related terms

• circumcision

Translations

to remove the foreskin from the penis

Arabic: خَتَنَ‎ (ḵatana) Moroccan Arabic: ختن‎ (ḵattan), طهر‎ (ṭahhar) Armenian: թլփատել (hy) (tʿlpʿatel) 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: Ancient: περιτέμνω (peritémnō) Hebrew: מל‎ (mal) Hindi: ख़तना करना (xatnā karnā) Hungarian: körülmetél (hu) Icelandic: umskera Ido: cirkoncizar (io) 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: 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 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)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of circumcīsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
• (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) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
• (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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃirkumˈt͡ʃise]

Adjective

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine plural of circumcis

   pulicircumcise ― circumcised cocks

2. neuter plural of circumcis

   penisuricircumcise ― circumcised penises

Verb

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide