cirurgião

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chirurgião (obsolete)

Etymology

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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɦˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɾ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɻ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɻ.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃w̃/ [si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧ão

Noun

cirurgião m (plural cirurgiões or cirurgiães, feminine cirurgiã, feminine plural cirurgiãs)

1. surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)

   Synonym: operador

Derived terms

• cirurgião-dentista

Related terms

• cirurgia, cirúrgico