Polyglot Dictionary

Chirurgie

/ʃiʁʊʁˈɡiː/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Chirurgien

Meaning

  1. surgery

    • Er arbeitet in der Chirurgie.

      He works in surgery.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

operation

Chirurgie is more the field or specialty of surgery; Operation is a specific surgical procedure.

Similar in other languages

French

chirurgie

chirurgie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "surgery."

Portuguese

cirurgia

cirurgia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surgery."

Practice

1 What does Chirurgie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er arbeitet in der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Chirurgie?

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