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# fella

«fella» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man or a boy; a spelling of «fellow» that shows how…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fella, fellas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, slang) A man or a boy; a spelling of «fellow» that shows how people say it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#m1)

2) (informal) A boyfriend: «her fella». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in friendly, casual speech, especially in Ireland, Australia, the UK and the US. In stories it shows chatty, relaxed characters: «Good on ya, fella». It can also be used for a male animal: «that little fella». Phrases: young fella, little fella, old fella, her fella.

### examples

- Hey, fella, you dropped your hat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x1)
- That little fella is my puppy, Max. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x2)
- The young fella next door helped carry our shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x3)
- My aunt is bringing her new fella to dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x4)
- Come on, fellas, the game is starting! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x5)
- The old fella at the shop always gives us a sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/#x6)

### note

Plural: fellas. Also spelt «feller». The standard word is «fellow». It is friendly and informal, not rude, but not for written school work.

### In the corpora

- [«A new fella» is slang for a new boyfriend or man friend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fella» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fella/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.