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Meaning of female circumcision | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia.
    countable, often, proscribed, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية خِتَان اَلْإِنَاث خفض
Deutsch Beschneidung der Frau Beschneidung des weiblichen Genitals Beschneidung weiblicher Genitalien Klitorisbeschneidung weibliche Genitalbeschneidung weibliche Genitalverstümmelung
Ελληνικά γυναικεία περιτομή
Español ablación del clítoris circuncisión femenina
Suomi naisten ympärileikkaus
Français excision
Magyar körülmetélés
Íslenska umskurður
日本語 ＦＧＭ (FGM) 女子割礼 女性器切除
Kurdî sunnet
Polski klitoridektomia
Português circuncisão feminina
Română circumcizie feminină
Русский же́нское обреза́ние
Svenska könsstympning kvinnlig omskärelse
Türkçe sünnet

Examples

“Phimosis of the prepuce of the clitoris: indication for female circumcision by D G McLintock in J R Soc Med. 1985 March⟳; 78(3): 257–258”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

female condom female dog female ejaculate female ejaculation female equivalent of amigo, friend female equivalent of anciano

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