circumcise

Significado (Inglés)

1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
2. (proscribed, sometimes) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
3. (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.

Conceptos

circuncidar

cercenar

Sinónimos

be circumcised

cut off

cut

excise

limit

abridge

circumcision

circumscribe

Traducciones

circoncire

beschneiden

cironcire

besnijden

circoncidere

circuncidar

sünnet etmek

circumcidar

περιτέμνω

sünnet

خَتَنَ

exciser

circumcido

circomcir

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/

Etimología (Inglés)

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