different between fella vs lad

English

Alternative forms

• fellah, feller

Etymology

From fellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

fella (plural fellas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
2. (informal) used to address a male

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?dla/

Verb

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

1. to fell
2. to snare

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tla/
• Rhymes: -?tla

Verb

fella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fell, to shed
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to kill in battle
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fit together
4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pleat

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.la?/, [?fe?l??ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fel.la/, [?f?l??]

Verb

f?ll?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of f?ll?

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fellen

Noun

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• felle

Etymology

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

Verb

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)

Noun

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

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by felle
2. definite singular of felle

References

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly from Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), undergoing semantic shift to mean a foolish youth, youngster of lower social status; thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læd/
• (unstressed, sometimes) (rare) IPA^(key): /l?d/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

lad (plural lads)

1. (Britain) A boy or young man.

   Coordinate term: lass
2. (Britain) A Jack the lad; a boyo.

   Coordinate term: ladette

3. A familiar term of address for a young man.

4. A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad).

   Synonym: stable boy

5. (Ireland, colloquial) The penis.

Usage notes

Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.

Derived terms

• ladhood
• signal lad

Related terms

Translations

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Further reading

• lad at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
• lad in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lad”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• ADL, DAL, DLA, Dal, LDA, dal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lat]

Noun

lad

1. genitive plural of lado

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlað (“heap, stack”)

Adjective

lad

1. languid, lazy, indolent

Inflection

Noun

lad n (singular definite ladet, plural indefinite lad)

1. bed (platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled), eg. truckbed

Inflection

Verb

lad

1. imperative of lade

German

Verb

lad

1. singular imperative of laden

Middle English

Noun

lad

1. Alternative form of ladde

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lad

1. imperative of lade

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??d/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *laid?. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to l?þan (“to go, travel, fare”).

Noun

l?d f

1. way, course
2. passage, watercourse, lode
3. carrying, bringing, leading

4. provision, sustenance

Declension

Descendants

• English: load; lode

Etymology 2

Akin to Old Frisian l?de, l?de.

Noun

l?d f

1. excuse
2. exoneration, exculpation

Declension

Derived terms

• l?dian
• werl?d

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

lad f

1. genitive plural of lada

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) lo

Etymology

From Latin l?tus.

Adjective

lad m (feminine singular lada, masculine plural lads, feminine plural ladas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) wide, broad

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) lartg
• (Puter, Vallader) larg

Scots

Alternative forms

• laddie - most common usage

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laid?. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to l?þan (“to go, travel, fare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lad/, /l?d/

Noun

lad (plural lads)

1. lad
2. son
3. menial
4. male sweetheart

Volapük

Noun

lad (nominative plural lads)

1. heart

Declension

Derived terms

• ladik