Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fellate

/fəˈleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
fel-late
IPA
/fəˈleɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To suck in a manner suggestive of fellatio.

Transitive verb

verb

To suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to.

Transitive verb

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Etymology

Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰeh₁(y)-, fellō

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Questions

How do you pronounce fellate?
The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈleɪt/.
What does fellate mean?
To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
Where does fellate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce fellate

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