cirurgia

See also: cirurgià and cirurgiã

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [si.ɾurˈʒi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [si.ɾuɾˈd͡ʒi.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

cirurgia f (plural cirurgies)

1. surgery

Derived terms

• neurocirurgia

Related terms

• cirurgià
• quirúrgic

Further reading

• “cirurgia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cirurgia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cirurgia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cirurgia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cilurgia, borrowed from Latin chīrūrgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [si.ɾuɦˈʒi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuʁˈʒi.ɐ/ [si.ɾuɦˈʒi.ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɾˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuʁˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɻˈʒi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɾˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧a

Noun

cirurgia f (plural cirurgias)

1. surgery (practice)

Related terms

• cirurgião