circumcise

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

besnijden

Synoniemen

be circumcised

cut off

cut

excise

limit

abridge

circumcision

circumscribe

Vertalingen

circoncire

beschneiden

cironcire

circuncidar

circoncidere

circuncidar

sünnet etmek

sünnet

خَتَنَ

circumcidar

περιτέμνω

exciser

circumcido

circomcir

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/

Etymologie (Engels)

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