circumcise

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɚkəmˌsaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

Verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
(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)
posthectomize (rare, medical)

Derived terms

Related terms

circumcision

Translations

to remove the foreskin from the penis

Arabic: خَتَنَ (ḵatana)
Moroccan Arabic: ختن (ḵattan), طهر (ṭahhar)
Armenian: թլփատել (hy) (tʻlpʻatel)
Asturian: circuncidar
Azerbaijani: kəsdirmək, sünnət etdirmək
Bulgarian: обрязвам (bg) (obrjazvam)
Catalan: circumcidar (ca)
Chinese:
Hokkien: 割鳥皮 / 割鸟皮 (koah-chiáu-phê)

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: περιτέμνω (el) (peritémno)
Ancient: περιτέμνω (peritémnō)
Hebrew: מל (mal)
Hindi: ख़तना करना (xatnā karnā)
Hungarian: körülmetél (hu)
Icelandic: umskera
Ido: cirkoncizar (io)
Indonesian: menyunat (id), mengkhitan (id)
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: ymbċeorfan, 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 (wa)
Welsh: enwaedu (cy)
Yiddish: ייִדישן (yidishn)