cirurgião
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cirugião (nonstandard)
- chirurgião (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *cirurgião, cilurgião, celorgião, *cerorgião (“chirurgeon”), from *chīrūrgiānus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrūrgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɦˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard) /si.ɾu.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾu.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard, faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɾ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard) /si.ɾu.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾu.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard, faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard) /si.ɾu.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾu.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard, faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɻ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɻ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard) /si.ɾu.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾu.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (nonstandard, faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/, (nonstandard) /si.ɾuˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧ão
Noun
cirurgião m (plural cirurgiões or (rare) cirurgiães, feminine cirurgiã, feminine plural cirurgiãs)
- surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
- Synonym: operador
- surgeonfish (fish of the family Acanthuridae)
Derived terms
- cirurgião-dentista