Male circumcision decreases the risk of viral infections that cause herpes and cancer.
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Circumcision
//ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən//
Synonyms for "circumcision" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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9 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- synet noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περιτομή noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Arabic
4 entries- ختانة noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- خِتَان noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- طهارة noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- طهور noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Armenian
2 entries- թլփատություն noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- թլփատում noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Asturian
1 entries- circuncisión noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sünnət noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Bashkir
4 entries- бабаға ултыртыу noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- сөннәт noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- сөннәткә биреү noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- сөннәткә ултыртыу noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Belarusian
1 entries- абраза́нне noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Bengali
3 entries- খতনা noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- মোসলমানি noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- সুন্নত noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обря́зване noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Catalan
1 entries- circumcisió noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Cebuano
1 entries- pagkatuli noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Chechen
3 entries- суннат noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- сунтдар noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- хадор noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 割包皮 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 割禮 /割礼 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 包皮環切術 /包皮环切术 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Czech
1 entries- obřízka noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Danish
2 entries- omskærelse noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- omskæring noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Dutch
1 entries- besnijdenis noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Esperanto
1 entries- cirkumcido noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Estonian
1 entries- ümberlõikamine noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Faroese
1 entries- umskering noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Finnish
1 entries- ympärileikkaus noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
French
1 entries- circoncision noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Galician
1 entries- circuncisión noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Georgian
1 entries- წინადაცვეთა noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
German
2 entries- Beschneidung noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- Zirkumzision noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Greek
1 entries- περιτομή noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Hausa
1 entries- kaciya noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִילָה noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Hindi
4 entries- खतना noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- ख़तना noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- मुसलमानी noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- सुन्नत noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Hungarian
1 entries- körülmetélés noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Icelandic
1 entries- umskurður noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Indonesian
3 entries- khitan noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- sirkumsisi noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- sunat noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Irish
2 entries- imghearradh noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- timpeallghearradh noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Italian
1 entries- circoncisione noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Japanese
3 entries- 割礼 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 包皮切断 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 包茎手術 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Javanese
3 entries- sunat noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- supit noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- tetak noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Kazakh
1 entries- сүндет noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Khmer
1 entries- ការកាត់ស្បែកចុងអង្គជាតិចេញ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Korean
3 entries- 포경수술 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 포피절제 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- 할례 noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сүннөт noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Latin
1 entries- circumcīsiō noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Latvian
1 entries- apgraizīšana noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Lithuanian
1 entries- apipjaustymas noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Macedonian
1 entries- обрежување noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Malay
3 entries- khatan noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- perkhatanan noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- sunat noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Maltese
1 entries- ħtin noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Māori
1 entries- poka kirimata noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- mrino noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- urinwa noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Occitan
1 entries- circomcision noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Odia
1 entries- ସୁନତ୍ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Old English
1 entries- ymbsnidennes noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Persian
2 entries- ختنه noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- سنت noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Polish
1 entries- obrzezanie noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Portuguese
1 entries- circuncisão noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Punjabi
3 entries- ختنہ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- ਖ਼ਤਨਾ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- ਸੁੰਨਤ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Romanian
1 entries- circumcizie noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Russian
2 entries- обреза́ние noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- циркумци́зия noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Sanskrit
2 entries- त्वच्छेद noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- लिङ्गाग्रचर्मपरिच्छेदन noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- timcheall-ghearradh noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cirkumcizija noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- obrezivanje noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- sunet noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- sunnet noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Slovak
1 entries- obriezka noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Slovene
2 entries- cirkumcizija noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- obrezovanje noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Spanish
1 entries- circuncisión noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Swahili
1 entries- tohara noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Swedish
1 entries- omskärelse noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagsusunat noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- pagtutuli noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Tajik
1 entries- хатна noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Tatar
1 entries- сөннәт noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Turkish
1 entries- sünnet noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Turkmen
1 entries- sünnet noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- обріза́ння noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Urdu
2 entries- ختنہ noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- سنت noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Uyghur
1 entries- سۈننەت noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Uzbek
2 entries- sunnat noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
- xatna noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cắt bao quy đầu noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Volapük
1 entries- säprepüdam noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Walloon
1 entries- discalotaedje noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Welsh
1 entries- enwaediad noun (removal of foreskin from penis)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
When will the circumcision party be held?
Source: tatoeba (435448)
There is such a thing as female circumcision.
Source: tatoeba (4006017)
The practice of male circumcision is ancient and developed in parallel amongst different cultures.
Source: tatoeba (4006039)
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