circumcision

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
2. (Judaism, countable, modern, specifically, uncountable, usually) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
3. (Philippines, countable, historical, uncountable) The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
4. (countable, uncountable) The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
5. (countable, often, proscribed, uncountable) The surgical excision of the clitoris; clitoridectomy.

Conceptes

circumcisió

Sinònims

excision

initiation

male circumcision

circumcise

Traduccions

circoncision

circuncisión

circuncisão

Beschneidung

besnijdenis

circoncisione

περιτομή

excision

circumcisio

sünnet

circumcisie

Zirkumzision

ختان

hazreti isa’nın sünnetinin kutlanması

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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

Frases

Polygamy , dowries and female circumcision were all abolished .