circumcise
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) caedō (“cut, hew”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise
Verb
[edit]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
[edit]- circ (informal), snip (informal)
- cut (informal)
- posthectomize (rare, medical)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to remove the foreskin from the penis
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to remove the clitoris or labia
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Form of circumcīsus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]
Participle
[edit]circumcīse
Etymology 2
[edit]From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) -ē (“-ly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]
Adverb
[edit]circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)
References
[edit]- “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.
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]circumcise f pl or n pl
Verb
[edit]circumcise
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)
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