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male circumcision

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: posthectomy

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: মোসলমানী (mosôlmanī) — removal of the foreskin
  • Bengali: খৎনা (khotna) — removal of the foreskin
  • Bengali: সুন্নৎ (śunnot) — removal of the foreskin
  • Bengali: সুন্নত (śunnot) — removal of the foreskin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 包皮環切術 /包皮环切术 (bāopí huánqiēshù) — removal of the foreskin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 割包皮 (gēbāopí) — removal of the foreskin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 割禮 /割礼 (gēlǐ) — removal of the foreskin
  • Finnish: ympärileikkaus — removal of the foreskin
  • German: Beschneidung des männlichen Genitals — removal of the foreskin
  • German: männliche Beschneidung — removal of the foreskin
  • German: Zirkumzision — removal of the foreskin
  • German: Vorhautbeschneidung — removal of the foreskin
  • German: Beschneidung des Mannes — removal of the foreskin
  • German: Beschneidung männlicher Genitalien — removal of the foreskin
  • Hungarian: körülmetélés — removal of the foreskin
  • Japanese: 割礼 (katsurei) — removal of the foreskin
  • Latin: circumcisio — removal of the foreskin
  • Polish: obrzezanie — removal of the foreskin
  • Spanish: circuncisión masculina — removal of the foreskin
  • Turkish: sünnet — removal of the foreskin