different between labia vs circumcise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'b?-?
• IPA^(key): /?le?.bi.?/
• Rhymes: -e?bi?

Noun

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.

   Hypernym: genitals

   Hyponyms: labia majora, labia minora

labia

1. plural of labium

Usage notes

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:labia

Related terms

• labial
• labium

Translations

References

• “labia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Abila, Alabi, baila

Latin

Alternative forms

• labea (feminine noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [???äbiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [?l??bi?]

Noun

labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

1. feminine of labium

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

? English: labia

Noun

labia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of labium

References

• labia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia.

Noun

labia f (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

1. (10th century) lip

   • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger

     La labia li ad restaurat

     He [=God] restored his lip to him

Usage notes

• The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.

Spanish

Noun

labia f (plural labias)

1. gift of the gab

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