fellatio

Meaning

Performance of oral sex upon the penis.

Synonyms

blow job

fellation

blowjob

oral sex

French

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pennilingus

plating

Blow-job

irrumation

Translations

fellation

Fellatio

felación

fellatio

πεολειξία

felação

mamada

pipe

fellatio

πεοθηλασμός

fel·lació

πεολειχία

Blasen

πίπα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈleɪ.ʃi.əʊ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-
Latin fellō
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin fellātiōlbor.
English fellatio
Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellātus, perfect participle of fellō (“I suck, I fellate”). The word started to appear in medical literature in the 19th century but it was still treated as Latin. In 1919, the California Supreme Court struck down a law criminalizing fellatio because the state constitution required laws to be written in English. By the late 20th century, fellatio was treated as an English word.