circuncisão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [sih.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siχ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/ [siɻ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: cir‧cun‧ci‧são

Noun

circuncisão f (plural circuncisões)

circumcision
Synonym: postectomia

Related terms

Further reading

“circuncisão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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