English

Alternative forms

• fellah
• feller

Noun

fella ‎(plural fellas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of fellow.
2. (informal) used to address a male
   • 1997, Donald Meichenbaum, “Discussion”, in Jeffrey K. Zeig, editor, The Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference, page 90:

     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.

   Am I right, fellas?

Descendants

• Bislama: -fala, -pela
• Pijin: -fala
• Tok Pisin: -pela, -pla

Derived terms

• as the fella says
• blackfella
• goodfella
• Redfella

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną. Causative of falla ‎(“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛdla]

Verb

fella ‎(third person singular past indicative feldi, third person plural past indicative feldu, supine felt)

1. to fell
2. to snare

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną. Causative of falla ‎(“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtla/

  Rhymes: -ɛtla

Verb

fella ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fell, to shed
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to kill in battle
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fit together
4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pleat

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.laː/, [ˈfɛl.laː]

Verb

fellā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of fellō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fellen

Noun

fella m, f

1. definite feminine singular of felle