different between circumcise vs uncircumcision

English

Etymology

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumc?d? (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caed? (“cut, hew”).

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• circumcision

Translations

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of circumc?sus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kun?ki?.se/, [k?rk???ki?s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??ir.kun?t??i.se/, [t??irkun???t??i?s??]

Participle

circumc?se

1. vocative masculine singular of circumc?sus

Etymology 2

From circumc?sus (“cut, reduced”) +? -? (“-ly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kir.kun?ki?.se?/, [k?rk???ki?s?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??ir.kun?t??i.se/, [t??irkun???t??i?s??]

Adverb

circumc?s? (comparative circumc?sius, superlative circumc?sissim?)

1. concisely, briefly

References

• 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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??irkum?t??ise]

Adjective

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine plural of circumcis

2. neuter plural of circumcis

Verb

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide

English

Etymology

un- +? circumcision

Noun

uncircumcision (countable and uncountable, plural uncircumcisions)

1. Absence of circumcision; not being circumcised.