Definition of infibulation - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

féminine

TECH.

mutilation qui ferme une partie des organes génitaux féminins

TECH.

L'infibulation est une pratique dangereuse condamnée par l'OMS.

clitoridectomie

mutilation génitale féminine

masculine

TECH.

mutilation qui ferme le prépuce masculin avec un anneau

TECH.

Cette forme d'infibulation était pratiquée dans certaines cultures antiques.

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Origin of infibulation

latin, in- (préfixe privatif) + fibula (broche) + -tion (suffixe nominal)

Examples of infibulation in a sentence

Des campagnes sensibilisent contre l'infibulation dans plusieurs pays africains.
L’infibulation masculine est interdite dans de nombreux pays.
Des textes anciens décrivent l’infibulation comme un rite d’initiation.

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English:infibulation, male infibulation, ...
German:Infibulation, Vorhautverschluss, ...
Italian:infibulazione, ...
Spanish:infibulación, infibulación masculina, ...
Portuguese:infibulação, ...
Chinese:阴蒂包缝术, 包皮缝合, ...
Japanese:女性器縫合, 陰茎包皮穿刺, ...
Arabic:الختان الفرعوني, تدبيس القلفة, ...
Hebrew:הַחִתּוּךְ הַפְּנִימִי, אִינְפִיבּוּלַצְיָה, ...
Russian:инфибуляция, наложение кольца на крайнюю плоть, ...
Ukrainian:інфібуляція, ...
Catalan:infibulació, ...
Danish:infibulation, mandlig genital lukning med ring, ...
Dutch:infibulatie, ...
Greek:ινφιμπουλάτσιον, ανδρική ινφιμπουλάτσιον, ...
Hungarian:infibuláció, ...
Khmer:ការដេរបិទប្រដាប់ភេទស្ត្រី, អ៊ីនហ្វ៊ីប៊ុលាស្យុង, ...
Korean:여성 생식기 봉합, 음경 봉합, ...
Polish:infibulacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):infibulação, ...
Romanian:infibulație, ...
Swedish:infibulation, förslutning av förhuden med en ring, ...
Thai:การเย็บปิดอวัยวะเพศหญิง, การเย็บปิดอวัยวะเพศชาย, ...
Turkish:infibülasyon, ...
Vietnamese:cắt khâu âm vật, sự bít bao quy đầu, ...

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Definition of infibulation - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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