Phrase guide

Caesarean section

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Caesarean, Cesarean, C-section

Antonyms: vaginal delivery, natural childbirth

2

noun

Meaning 2

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: delivery, obstetrical delivery

History

Etymology

See Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: keisersnee — incision in the womb
  • Albanian: prerje cezariane — incision in the womb
  • Arabic: وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة (wilāda qayṣariyya) — incision in the womb
  • Armenian: կեսարյան հատում (kesaryan hatum) — incision in the womb
  • Azerbaijani: qeysər kəsiyi — incision in the womb
  • Belarusian: ке́сарава сячэ́нне (kjésarava sjačénnje) — incision in the womb
  • Belarusian: ке́сарава сячэ́ньне (kjésarava sjačénʹnje) — incision in the womb
  • Bengali: সিজারিয়ান সেকশন (śijariẏan śekśon) — incision in the womb
  • Bulgarian: це́зарово сече́ние (cézarovo sečénie) — incision in the womb
  • Catalan: cesària — incision in the womb
  • Chinese Cantonese: 剖腹生仔 (fau2 fuk1 saang1 zai2) — incision in the womb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 剖腹產 /剖腹产 (pōufùchǎn) — incision in the womb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 剖宮產 /剖宫产 (pōugōngchǎn) — incision in the womb
  • Czech: císařský řez — incision in the womb
  • Danish: kejsersnit — incision in the womb
  • Dutch: keizersnede — incision in the womb
  • Estonian: keisrilõige — incision in the womb
  • Faroese: keisaraskurður — incision in the womb
  • Finnish: keisarileikkaus — incision in the womb
  • Finnish: sektio — incision in the womb
  • French: césarienne — incision in the womb
  • Georgian: საკეისრო კვეთა (saḳeisro ḳveta) — incision in the womb
  • German: Kaiserschnitt — incision in the womb
  • Greek: καισαρική τομή (kaisarikí tomí) — incision in the womb
  • Hebrew: ניתוח קיסרי (nitúakh kesari) — incision in the womb
  • Hindi: शल्य प्रसव (śalya prasav) — incision in the womb
  • Hungarian: császármetszés — incision in the womb
  • Icelandic: keisaraskurður — incision in the womb
  • Indonesian: bedah sesar — incision in the womb
  • Irish: gearradh Caesarach — incision in the womb
  • Italian: cesareo — incision in the womb
  • Italian: taglio cesareo — incision in the womb
  • Japanese: 帝王切開 — incision in the womb
  • Japanese: 帝切 (teisetsu) — incision in the womb
  • Japanese: カイザー (kaizā) — incision in the womb
  • Kazakh: кесар тілігі (kesar tılıgı) — incision in the womb
  • Kazakh: кесар отасы (kesar otasy) — incision in the womb
  • Korean: 제왕 절개 (jewang jeolgae) — incision in the womb
  • Kyrgyz: кесар кесими (kesar kesimi) — incision in the womb
  • Latvian: ķeizargrieziens — incision in the womb
  • Lithuanian: cezario pjūvis — incision in the womb
  • Macedonian: царски рез (carski rez) — incision in the womb
  • Macedonian: царски (carski) — incision in the womb
  • Malay: bersalin secara pembedahan — incision in the womb
  • Manx: ruggyr Kaesaragh — incision in the womb
  • Māori: whānautanga poka — incision in the womb
  • Māori: whānau poka — incision in the womb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keisersnitt — incision in the womb
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: keisarsnitt — incision in the womb
  • Iranian Persian: عَمَلِ سِزارِیَن (amal-e sezâriyan) — incision in the womb
  • Iranian Persian: سِزارِیَن (sezâriyan) — incision in the womb
  • Iranian Persian: عَمَلِ رُسْتَمزایی (amal-e rostam-zâyi) — incision in the womb
  • Iranian Persian: عَمَلِ رُسْتَمینِه (amal-e rostamine) — incision in the womb
  • Polish: cesarskie cięcie — incision in the womb
  • Polish: cesarka — incision in the womb
  • Portuguese: cesariana — incision in the womb
  • Portuguese: cesárea — incision in the womb
  • Romanian: cezariană — incision in the womb
  • Russian: ке́сарево сече́ние (késarevo sečénije) — incision in the womb
  • Russian: ке́сарево (késarevo) — incision in the womb
  • Serbo-Croatian: царски рез — incision in the womb
  • Serbo-Croatian: carski rez — incision in the womb
  • Sicilian: cisàriu — incision in the womb
  • Sicilian: tagghiu cisàriu — incision in the womb
  • Sinhalese: සිසේරියානු සැත්කම (sisēriyānu sætkama) — incision in the womb
  • Slovak: cisársky rez — incision in the womb
  • Slovene: carski rez — incision in the womb
  • Lower Sorbian: naroźeńska operacija — incision in the womb
  • Upper Sorbian: wurězanje dźěsća — incision in the womb
  • Spanish: cesárea — incision in the womb
  • Swahili: upasuaji wa kujifungua — incision in the womb
  • Swedish: kejsarsnitt — incision in the womb
  • Tagalog: sesaryan — incision in the womb
  • Tajik: чоки қайсар (čok-i qaysar) — incision in the womb
  • Thai: การผ่าท้องทําคลอด — incision in the womb
  • Turkish: sezaryen — incision in the womb
  • Ukrainian: ке́сарів ро́зтин (késariv róztyn) — incision in the womb
  • Ukrainian: ке́сарів пере́тин (késariv perétyn) — incision in the womb
  • Urdu: سِیزیرِیَن سیکْشَن (sīzeriyan sekśan) — incision in the womb
  • Vietnamese: mổ lấy thai — incision in the womb
  • Welsh: toriad Cesaraidd — incision in the womb
  • Winnebago: nįįkjąk hanį rucgis — incision in the womb