circumcision

Other forms of circumcision

plural

circumcisions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about circumcision

What does circumcision mean?

circumcision means "(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in circumcision?

circumcision has 4 syllables: cir-cum-cis-ion. The stress falls on "cis". In IPA it is /ˌsɝkəmˈsɪʒən/.

What is another word for circumcision?

Close synonyms include Feast of the Circumcision, January 1. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is circumcision a common word?

circumcision 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 circumcision?

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