"circumcise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circumcise.wav [Southern-England] Forms: circumcises [present, singular, third-person], circumcising [participle, present], circumcised [participle, past], circumcised [past]
Etymology: From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (turn)||*kh₂eyd-}}, {{der|en|fro|circoncisier}} Old French circoncisier, {{der|en|la|circumcīdō||cut around}} Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), {{m|la|circum||about, around; through}} circum (“about, around; through”), {{m|la|caedō||cut, hew}} caedō (“cut, hew”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)
  1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis. Categories (topical): Artillery Translations (to remove the foreskin from the penis): περιτέμνω (peritémnō) (Ancient Greek), خَتَنَ (ḵatana) (Arabic), ختن (ḵattan) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), طهر (ṭahhar) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), թլփատել (tʻlpʻatel) (Armenian), circuncidar (Asturian), kəsdirmək (Azerbaijani), sünnət etdirmək (Azerbaijani), обрязвам (obrjazvam) (Bulgarian), circumcidar (Catalan), 割包皮 (gē bāopí) (Chinese Mandarin), obřezat [perfective] (Czech), obřezávat [imperfective] (Czech), omskære (Danish), besnijden (Dutch), S29-D36-D58-T30 (sꜥb) (Egyptian), I9:Aa1*X1-S28-G17-G47-G1-G17-D52 (fḫt m ṯꜣm) (Egyptian), cirkumcidi (Esperanto), umskera (Faroese), ympärileikata (Finnish), circoncire (French), circuncidar (Galician), წინდაცვეთა (c̣indacveta) (Georgian), beschneiden (German), מל (mal) (Hebrew), ख़तना करना (xatnā karnā) (Hindi), körülmetél (Hungarian), umskera (Icelandic), cirkoncizar (Ido), menyunat (Indonesian), mengkhitan (Indonesian), imghearr (Irish), timpeallghearr (Irish), circoncidere (Italian), 割礼を行なう (katsurei o okonau) (alt: かつれいをおこなう) (Japanese), 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada) (Korean), circumcīdō (Latin), apipjaustyti (Lithuanian), обрежува (obrežuva) (Macedonian), сунетисување (sunetisuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), mengkhatankan (Malay), poka kirimata (Maori), kokoti (Maori), muratan (Nandi), circomcir (Occitan), ymbċeorfan (Old English), ymbsnīþan (Old English), obrzezać (Polish), obrzezywać (Polish), circuncidar (Portuguese), circumcide (Romanian), соверша́ть обреза́ние (soveršátʹ obrezánije) [imperfective] (Russian), соверши́ть обреза́ние (soveršítʹ obrezánije) [perfective] (Russian), обреза́ть (obrezátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обре́зать (obrézatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), obrezať [perfective] (Slovak), obrezávať [imperfective] (Slovak), obrezovať [imperfective] (Slovak), circuncidar (Spanish), omskära (Swedish), sünnet etmek [transitive] (Turkish), sünnet olmak [intransitive] (Turkish), cắt bao quy đầu (Vietnamese), säprepüdön (Volapük), discaloter (Walloon), dischafyî (Walloon), enwaedu (Welsh), ייִדישן (yidishn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-circumcise-en-verb-1HsrYNGB Disambiguation of Artillery: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of 'to remove the foreskin from the penis': 54 37 9
  2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Categories (topical): Artillery, Circumcision Translations (to remove the clitoris or labia): обрязвам (obrjazvam) (Bulgarian), obřezat (Czech), omskære (Danish), ympärileikata (Finnish), körülmetél (Hungarian), umskera (Icelandic), 할례를 하다 (hallyereul hada) (Korean), omskära (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-circumcise-en-verb-fvgE9Jv1 Disambiguation of Artillery: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of Circumcision: 33 49 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 48 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 63 24 Disambiguation of 'to remove the clitoris or labia': 27 68 5
  3. (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. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Artillery
    Sense id: en-circumcise-en-verb-BLCC7BMJ Disambiguation of Artillery: 17 37 46 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circ [informal], snip [informal], cut [informal] Derived forms: circumciser Related terms: circumcision

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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "word": "besnijden"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "cirkumcidi"
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          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "umskera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circoncire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circuncidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣indacveta",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "წინდაცვეთა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "beschneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "peritémnō",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "περιτέμνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mal",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "מל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xatnā karnā",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "ख़तना करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "körülmetél"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "umskera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "cirkoncizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "menyunat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "mengkhitan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "imghearr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "timpeallghearr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circoncidere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "alt": "かつれいをおこなう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "katsurei o okonau",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "割礼を行なう"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hallyereul hada",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "할례를 하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circumcīdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "apipjaustyti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "obrežuva",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "обрежува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sunetisuvanje",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сунетисување"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "mengkhatankan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "poka kirimata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "kokoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "niq",
          "lang": "Nandi",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "muratan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circomcir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "ymbċeorfan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "ymbsnīþan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "obrzezać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "obrzezywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circuncidar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circumcide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soveršátʹ obrezánije",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "соверша́ть обреза́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soveršítʹ obrezánije",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "соверши́ть обреза́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrezátʹ",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обреза́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrézatʹ",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обре́зать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrezať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrezávať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrezovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "circuncidar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "omskära"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "sünnet etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "sünnet olmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "cắt bao quy đầu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "säprepüdön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 37 9",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
          "word": "discaloter"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "poka kirimata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "kokoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "niq",
      "lang": "Nandi",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "muratan"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "circomcir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "ymbċeorfan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "ymbsnīþan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "obrzezać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "obrzezywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "circuncidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "circumcide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršátʹ obrezánije",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "соверша́ть обреза́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršítʹ obrezánije",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "соверши́ть обреза́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrezátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обреза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrézatʹ",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обре́зать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrezať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrezávať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrezovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "circuncidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "omskära"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "sünnet etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "sünnet olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "cắt bao quy đầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "säprepüdön"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "discaloter"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "dischafyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "enwaedu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yidishn",
      "sense": "to remove the foreskin from the penis",
      "word": "ייִדישן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obrjazvam",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "обрязвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "obřezat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "omskære"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "ympärileikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "körülmetél"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "umskera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hallyereul hada",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "할례를 하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove the clitoris or labia",
      "word": "omskära"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circumcise"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": impf. and pf. differ in word stress vs. obrézatʹ",
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