fella

F4E1L1L1A1
/fɛ.lə/

noun

Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.

“Am I right, fellas?”

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

fella1

nounfella (plural fellas)

plural fellas · alternative fellah · alternative feller

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of fellow.

    Am I right, fellas?

    1 more example

    By the third go-around, the essence of what I wrote was, "And the same to you, fella!" I am glad that our relationship has survived that exchange.

    1997, Donald Meichenbaum, “Discussion”, in Jeffrey K. Zeig, editor, The Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference, page 90
  2. Australian AboriginalUsed as a general intensifier; a pfella.
    1 more example

    This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia. Us people want our land back, we want 'em rights, we want 'em fair deal, all same longa white man. Now this fella longa Canberra, he bin talkin' about a Bran Nue Dae—us people bin waiting for dijwun for 200 years now.

    1990, Jimmy Chi, “Bran Nue Dae”, in Anita Heiss, Peter Minter, editors, Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature, Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.: McGill–Queen’s University Press, published 2008, act II, page 137
  3. InternetAn Internet troll engaged in information warfare against Russia, especially with regard to the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Fella2

proper nounFella (plural Fellas)

plural Fellas

  1. A female given name.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna boy or man

Broader
malemale person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Czech felák, chábr
  • felákused as a term of address for a male person
  • chábrused as a term of address for a male person
  • týpekused as a term of address for a male person
Esperanto kunulo
  • kunuloused as a term of address for a male person
Finnish kaveri, jätkä
  • kaveriused as a term of address for a male person
  • jätkäused as a term of address for a male person
  • kundiused as a term of address for a male person
Hebrew ברנש, בחור
  • ברנש (baʁˈnaʃ)used as a term of address for a male person
  • בחור (baˈχuʁ)used as a term of address for a male person
Indonesian bung
  • bungused as a term of address for a male person
Portuguese cara, mano
  • caraused as a term of address for a male person
  • manoused as a term of address for a male person
Russian мужи́к, чува́к
  • мужи́к (mužík)used as a term of address for a male person
  • чува́к (čuvák)used as a term of address for a male person
  • чел (čel)used as a term of address for a male person
Spanish tío, muchacho
  • tíoused as a term of address for a male person
  • muchachoused as a term of address for a male person

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

fella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fella

MLA

“fella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fella. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fella,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fella.

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