circumcision

English

Etymology

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

Conceptually preceded by the Greek term περιτομή ("peritome")

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)

The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis.
- 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.
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

circ (informal)

Hypernyms

genital mutilation

Derived terms

circumcisionist
female circumcision
male circumcision
pharaonic circumcision

Related terms

circumcise, circumcize

Translations

removal of foreskin from penis

Albanian: synet (sq) m
Arabic: خِتَان‎ m (ḵitān)
Moroccan Arabic: ختانة‎ f (ḵtāna), طهارة‎ f (ṭhāra), 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: মোসলমানী (mosôlmanī), খৎনা (khôtna), সুন্নৎ (sunnôt), সুন্নত (sunnôt)
Bulgarian: обря́зване (bg) n (obrjázvane)
Catalan: circumcisió f
Cebuano: pagkatuli
Chechen: суннат (sunnat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包皮環切術 (zh), 包皮环切术 (zh) (bāopí huánqiēshù), 割禮 (zh), 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 (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

female circumcision — see female circumcision

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ewe: ^{(please verify)} aʋatsotso
Italian: ^{(please verify)} circoncisione (it) f
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} circumcizie (ro) f
Spanish: circuncisión (es) f