circumcise

Meaning of circumcise

verb
  1. cut off the foreskin of (a young boy or man, especially a baby) as a religious rite, especially in Judaism and Islam, or as a medical treatment.
  2. (as a practice traditional in some cultures) partially or totally remove the external genitalia of (a girl or young woman) for non-medical reasons.

Middle English: from Old French circonciser, or from Latin circumcis- ‘cut around’, from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.

Information about circumcise

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of circumcise is: circumcises.
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Hyphenation of circumcise

cir-cum-cise

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • circumcise is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of circumcise

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