circumcise

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

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.
2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
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.

• circ (informal), snip (informal)
• cut (informal)

• circumciser

• circumcision

Form of circumcīsus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

circumcīse

1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]

circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

1. concisely, briefly

• “circumcise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumcise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃirkumˈt͡ʃise]

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine plural of circumcis

   puli circumcise ― circumcised cocks

2. neuter plural of circumcis

   penisuri circumcise ― circumcised penises

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide