Meanings
plural Caesarean sections
- countableuncountableDelivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.
Synonyms: Caesarean, Cesarean, cesarean, C-section · Antonyms: vaginal delivery, natural childbirth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDelivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans keisersnee
- keisersneeincision in the womb
Arabic وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة
- وِلَادَة قَيْصَرِيَّة (wilāda qayṣariyya)incision in the womb
Bengali সিজারিয়ান সেকশন
- সিজারিয়ান সেকশন (śijariẏan śekśon)incision in the womb
Bulgarian це́зарово сече́ние
- це́зарово сече́ние (cézarovo sečénie)incision in the womb
Catalan cesària
- cesàriaincision in the womb
Chinese Cantonese 剖腹生仔
- 剖腹生仔 (fau² fuk¹ saang¹ zai²)incision in the womb
Chinese Mandarin 剖腹產 /剖腹产, 剖宮產 /剖宫产
- 剖腹產 /剖腹产 (pōufùchǎn)incision in the womb
- 剖宮產 /剖宫产 (pōugōngchǎn)incision in the womb
Czech císařský řez
- císařský řezincision in the womb
Danish kejsersnit
- kejsersnitincision in the womb
Dutch keizersnede
- keizersnedeincision in the womb
Estonian keisrilõige
- keisrilõigeincision in the womb
Finnish keisarileikkaus, sektio
- keisarileikkausincision in the womb
- sektioincision in the womb
French césarienne
- césarienneincision in the womb
German Kaiserschnitt
- Kaiserschnittincision in the womb
Greek καισαρική τομή
- καισαρική τομή (kaisarikí tomí)incision in the womb
Hebrew ניתוח קיסרי
- ניתוח קיסרי (nitúakh kesari)incision in the womb
Hindi शल्य प्रसव
- शल्य प्रसव (śalya prasav)incision in the womb
Hungarian császármetszés
- császármetszésincision in the womb
Icelandic keisaraskurður
- keisaraskurðurincision in the womb
Indonesian bedah sesar
- bedah sesarincision in the womb
Irish gearradh Caesarach
- gearradh Caesarachincision in the womb
Italian cesareo, taglio cesareo
- cesareoincision in the womb
- taglio cesareoincision in the womb
Japanese 帝王切開, 帝切
- 帝王切開incision in the womb
- 帝切 (teisetsu)incision in the womb
- カイザー (kaizā)incision in the womb
Korean 제왕 절개
- 제왕 절개 (jewang jeolgae)incision in the womb
Latvian ķeizargrieziens
- ķeizargrieziensincision in the womb
Lithuanian cezario pjūvis
- cezario pjūvisincision in the womb
Malay bersalin secara pembedahan
- bersalin secara pembedahanincision in the womb
Māori whānautanga poka, whānau poka
- whānautanga pokaincision in the womb
- whānau pokaincision in the womb
Norwegian Bokmål keisersnitt
- keisersnittincision in the womb
Polish cesarskie cięcie, cesarka
- cesarskie cięcieincision in the womb
- cesarkaincision in the womb
Portuguese cesariana, cesárea
- cesarianaincision in the womb
- cesáreaincision in the womb
Romanian cezariană
- cezarianăincision in the womb
Russian ке́сарево сече́ние, ке́сарево
- ке́сарево сече́ние (késarevo sečénije)incision in the womb
- ке́сарево (késarevo)incision in the womb
Slovak cisársky rez
- cisársky rezincision in the womb
Spanish cesárea
- cesáreaincision in the womb
Swahili upasuaji wa kujifungua
- upasuaji wa kujifunguaincision in the womb
Swedish kejsarsnitt
- kejsarsnittincision in the womb
Tagalog sesaryan
- sesaryanincision in the womb
Thai การผ่าท้องทำคลอด
- การผ่าท้องทำคลอดincision in the womb
Turkish sezaryen
- sezaryenincision in the womb
Ukrainian ке́сарів ро́зтин, ке́сарів пере́тин
- ке́сарів ро́зтин (késariv róztyn)incision in the womb
- ке́сарів пере́тин (késariv perétyn)incision in the womb
Urdu سِیزیرِیَن سیکْشَن
- سِیزیرِیَن سیکْشَن (sīzeriyan sekśan)incision in the womb
Vietnamese mổ lấy thai
- mổ lấy thaiincision in the womb
Welsh toriad Cesaraidd
- toriad Cesaraiddincision in the womb
Cite this entry
Caesarean section. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caesarean%20section
“Caesarean section.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caesarean%20section. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caesarean section,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caesarean%20section.
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