circumcise

Questions about circumcise

What does circumcise mean?

circumcise means "cut the skin over the clitoris". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in circumcise?

circumcise has 3 syllables: cir-cum-cise. The stress falls on "cir". In IPA it is /ˈsɝkəmˌsaɪz/.

Is circumcise a common word?

circumcise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with circumcise?

21 words rhyme with circumcise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.