fella

Other forms of fella

plural

fellas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fella

What does fella mean?

fella means "a boy or man".

How many syllables are in fella?

fella has 2 syllables: fel-la. The stress falls on "fel". In IPA it is /ˈfɛlə/.

What is another word for fella?

Close synonyms include chap, fellow, feller, lad, gent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fella a common word?

fella is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.