# fellatio
## English
### Alternative forms

* fellation

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fəˈleɪ.ʃi.əʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /fəˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃiəʊ
* Hyphenation: fel‧la‧tio

### Noun

fellatio (usually uncountable, plural fellatios)
* The stimulation of the penis using the mouth.
    Synonyms: blowjob, cocksucking, French, gobby, hummer, head, nosh, penilingus; see also Thesaurus:oral sex
    Coordinate term: cunnilingus
** 1897, Havelock Ellis, Das Konträre Geschlechtsgefühl [Sexual Inversion] (in German):In 7 oder 8 anderen Fällen ging die geschlechtliche Beziehung selten über enge Berührung oder gegenseitige Masturbation hinaus. In 2 oder 3 anderen Fällen ist fellatio die bevorzugte Methode.In eight or nine cases the sexual relationship rarely goes beyond close physical contact, or at most mutual masturbation. In two or three cases fellatio is the form preferred.
** [1919 January 9, Supreme Court of California, In re Lockett, 57 Cal. Dec. 96:
    That the word "fellatio" has not become Anglicized is so clearly apparent that further comment seems unnecessary. […] Section 288a of the Penal Code is void for uncertainty as well as for the reason that it is not expressed in the English language.]

#### Derived terms

* autofellatio

#### Related terms

* fellate
* fellator
* fellatrix

#### Translations

* This translation table is meant for standard terms only. For informal, colloquial and vulgar terms, see the translation table at blowjob.

### See also

* oral sex
* irrumatio, irrumation
* sixty-nine

### Further reading

* fellatio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* oral sex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Italian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellō + -tiō.

### Noun

fellatio f (invariable)
* fellatio (stimulation of the penis with the mouth)

### Anagrams

* folliate

## Latin
### Etymology

From fellō + -tiō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /feːlˈlaː.ti.oː/, [feːlˈlʲäːt̪ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /felˈlat.t͡si.o/, [felˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

### Noun

fēllātiō f (genitive fēllātiōnis); third declension
* fellatio (stimulation of the penis with the mouth)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: fel·lació
* → Czech: felace
* → English: fellatio, fellation
* → Finnish: fellaatio
* → French: fellation
** → Romanian: felație
* → Galician: felación
* → German: Fellatio
* Italian: → fellatio, fellazione
* → Japanese: フェラチオ (ferachio)
* → Lithuanian: felacija
* → Macedonian: фелацио (felacio)
* → Portuguese: felação
* → Russian: фелляция (felljacija)
* → Serbo-Croatian: felacija, фелација
* → Spanish: felación
* → Swedish: fellatio

## Swedish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellō + -tiō.

### Noun

fellatio
* fellatio (stimulation of the penis with the mouth)
    Synonyms: avsugning, oralsex
    att utföra fellatio på någonto perform fellatio on someone

#### See also

* anilingus
* cunnilingus
* oralsex
* snaska kotte
* suga av

### References

* fellatio in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fellatio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)