fellate

fel·late
F4E1L1L1A1T1E1
/fəˈleɪt//ˈfɛ.leɪt/

verb

To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbfellate (third-person singular simple present fellates, present participle fellating, simple past and past participle fellated)

present singular third person fellates · participle present fellating · participle past fellated · past fellated

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.

    […] semen is a gift, and the relation between the one who is fellated and the one who fellates is a relation between one who gives and one who receives.

    1997, Henning Bech, When Men Meet: Homosexuality and Modernity, page 11
    1 more example

    At trial, the precise content of the sexual activity which subsequently occurred, as well as the Complainant’s state of consciousness at the material time, were matters of dispute between the Prosecution and the Defence. What was not disputed was that sometime between 4.02am and 5.43am, the Accused fellated the Complainant.

    Paragraph 14, Public Prosecutor v Jeffrey Pe ([2023] SGHC 313)
  2. broadlytransitiveTo suck in a manner suggestive of fellatio.

    Leina went on fellating her finger, making faces of exquisite ecstasy.

    2004, Edmund White, Don Weise, FRESH MEN (tr), →ISBN, page 66
    1 more example

    Can she only come when a White woman kneels before her fellating her dildo? Or does the Black woman just see another dyke she fancies, who fancies her? I'm attracted to White women because my White lover is Other to me […]

    1995, Lynne Pearce, Jackie Stacey, Romance Revisited - Volume 1995, part 2, page 186
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo suck up to, to flatter or be shamefully subservient to.

    If you thought the German government was going to be a lapdog for Sarcozy, or worse, was going to fellate Brussels and the ECB, you got a rude shock today.

    2010, Karl Denninger, The German Government Has Had Enough

    Synonyms: dickride, kiss up, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

verbprovide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-“to suck, to suckle”
  2. Latinfellō“suck”
  3. Englishfellate

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”).

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Translations

Arabic مَصّ
  • مَصّ (maṣṣ)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Chinese Mandarin 口交, 吹簫 /吹箫
  • 口交 (kǒujiāo)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • 吹簫 /吹箫 (chuīxiāo)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Dutch fellatio doen, pijpen
  • fellatio doento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • pijpento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Esperanto midzi
  • midzito stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Finnish ottaa suihin, tehdä fellaatio
  • ottaa suihinto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • tehdä fellaatioto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
German fellationieren, fellieren
  • fellationierento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • fellierento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • blasento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • lutschento stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Greek πεολείχω
  • πεολείχω (peoleícho)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Hindi मुखमैथुन करना
  • मुखमैथुन करना (mukhmait͟hun karnā)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Japanese フェラチオをやる, フェラをやる
  • フェラチオをやる (ferachio o yaru)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • フェラをやる (fera o yaru)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Latin fēllō
  • fēllōto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Persian کیر مکیدن
  • کیر مکیدن (kir mekidan)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Polish ssać, robić loda
  • ssaćto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • robić lodato stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • obciągaćto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • ciągnąć drutato stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • ssać pałęto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • robić dobrzeto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • opierdalaćto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • ojebaćto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • robić laskęto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • obrabiaćto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • dmuchać w puzonto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • chapać dzidęto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Portuguese chupar
  • chuparto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Russian соса́ть, отса́сывать
  • соса́ть (sosátʹ)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • отса́сывать (otsásyvatʹ)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • отсоса́ть (otsosátʹ)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • де́лать мине́т (délatʹ minét)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • сде́лать мине́т (sdélatʹ minét)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • соса́ть хуй (sosátʹ xuj)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • отсоса́ть хуй (otsosátʹ xuj)to stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
Spanish felar, felacionar
  • felarto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth
  • felacionarto stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fellate

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Anagrams

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

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