circuncision

circuncision f (plural circuncisions)

1. circumcision

• French: circoncision

From Latin circumcīsiōnem, accusative singular of circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“I cut around”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡siɾkunt͡siˈzjon/

circuncision f (plural circuncisiones)

1. circumcision
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 13r:

     […] Do albergo fallo el angel del ſeñor ⁊ q̃ſol matar priſo vna piedra aguda ⁊ circuncido ſo fijo ⁊ folgo edixo. Nouio de ſãgre eres acircunciſiones.

     […] Where he lodged he found the angel of the Lord, who attempted to kill him. So she took sharp stone and circumcised her son and cast it and said, “You are a bridegroom of blood [to me] through circumcisions.”

• circuncidar, circunciso

• Spanish: circuncisión