circumcision

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)

1. The surgical excision of the foreskin of the penis; posthetomy.
   • 1697, Benjamin Keach, A Counter-Antidote to Purge Out the Effects of a Late Counterfeit‎^[1], 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.

   1. (chiefly historical or Philippines) Other surgeries involving the incision or partial excision of the foreskin or penile frenulum without total posthetomy (as opposed to pharisaic circumcision).

      The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin.

2. The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision (a form of female genital mutilation when done without medical justification).
3. (often proscribed) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy (a form of female genital mutilation when done without medical justification).

Synonyms

• circ (informal)

Hypernyms

• genital mutilation

Derived terms

• circumcisionist
• female circumcision
• male circumcision
• pharaonic circumcision
• post-circumcision
• self-circumcision

 

Related terms

• circumcise, circumcize

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)
• 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 (sunôt)
• 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:

  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

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