circumcise
verb/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/
/ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they circumcise | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it circumcises | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪz/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple circumcised | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| past participle circumcised | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form circumcising | /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrkəmsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- circumcise somebody to remove the foreskin of a boy or man for religious or medical reasonsTopics Religion and festivalsc2, Healthcarec2
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- circumcise somebody to cut off part of the sex organs of a girl or woman for non-medical reasons (a traditional practice in some cultures but illegal in many countries) compare FGM
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French circonciser, or from Latin circumcis- ‘cut around’, from the verb circumcidere, from circum ‘around, about’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
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