fella

• fellah, feller

From fellow.

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.lə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlə

fella (plural fellas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.

   Am I right, fellas?

   • 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.

2. (Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
   • 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:

     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.

3. (Russo-Ukrainian war) An Internet troll engaged in information warfare against Russia.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdla/

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

1. to fell
2. to snare

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛtla

fella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt) (transitive, governs the accusative)

1. to fell, to shed
2. to kill in battle
3. to fit together
4. to pleat
5. (bowling) to hit (pins)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːl.laː/, [ˈfeːlːʲäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.la/, [ˈfɛlːä]

fēllā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fēllō

• fellen

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

• felle

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

fella (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

1. to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
2. to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

fella f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller or fellor, definite plural fellene or fellone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of felle
2. definite singular of felle

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.