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ejaculate

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĭjăʹkyələt
  • General-American: /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.lət/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ĭjăʹkyəlāt
  • General-American: /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 JH AE1 K Y UW0 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eject, throw out

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To say abruptly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blurt out

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, specifically, transitive

Examples

  • Men can ejaculate between 0.1 and 10 milliliters of semen on average.
  • With a groan, he ejaculated on his abdomen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: semen, seed, seminal fluid, cum, come

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour

Narrower terms: milt

8

verb

Meaning 8

eject semen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

9

verb

Meaning 9

utter impulsively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He blurted out the secret
  • He blundered his stupid ideas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh1kt ~ *(H)ih1kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin iaculus Latin iaculum Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iaculor Latin ēiaculor Latin ēiaculātusbor. English ejaculate Borrowed from Latin ēiaculātus, perfect active participle of ēiaculor (“to hurl, shoot out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”).

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 精液 (jīngyè) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Czech: ejakulát — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Finnish: siemenneste — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Finnish: ejakulaatti — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • French: éjaculat — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • German: Ejakulat — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Indonesian: ejakulat — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Latin: ēiaculātum — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Macedonian: свр́шка (svŕška) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Macedonian: се́ме (séme) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Macedonian: ејакула́т (ejakulát) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Portuguese: ejaculação — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Romanian: ejaculație — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Russian: эякуля́т (ejakulját) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ejakùlāt — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Slovak: ejakulát — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Tagalog: tamod — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Tocharian B: śukkär — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Ukrainian: еякуля́т (ejakulját) — the liquid ejected during ejaculation
  • Armenian: ժայթքել (žaytʻkʻel) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: вывярга́ць (vyvjarhácʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: вы́вергнуць (vývjerhnucʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: выкіда́ць (vykidácʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: выкі́дваць (vykídvacʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: вы́кінуць (výkinucʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Bulgarian: изхвъ́рлям (izhvǎ́rljam) — to eject abruptly
  • Bulgarian: изхвъ́рля (izhvǎ́rlja) — to eject abruptly
  • Danish: ejakulere — to eject abruptly
  • Finnish: singota — to eject abruptly
  • Finnish: purskauttaa — to eject abruptly
  • Finnish: sinkauttaa — to eject abruptly
  • Finnish: lennättää — to eject abruptly
  • Finnish: laukaista — to eject abruptly
  • Galician: exacular — to eject abruptly
  • German: ejakulieren — to eject abruptly
  • Portuguese: ejacular — to eject abruptly
  • Russian: изверга́ть (izvergátʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Russian: изве́ргнуть (izvérgnutʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Russian: выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Russian: вы́бросить (výbrositʹ) — to eject abruptly
  • Serbo-Croatian: ejakulírati — to eject abruptly
  • Spanish: expeler — to eject abruptly
  • Spanish: expulsar — to eject abruptly
  • Ukrainian: виверга́ти (vyverháty) — to eject abruptly
  • Ukrainian: ви́вергнути (výverhnuty) — to eject abruptly
  • Ukrainian: викида́ти (vykydáty) — to eject abruptly
  • Ukrainian: ви́кинути (výkynuty) — to eject abruptly
  • Belarusian: выгу́кваць (vyhúkvacʹ) — to say abruptly
  • Belarusian: вы́гукнуць (výhuknucʹ) — to say abruptly
  • Bulgarian: възклица́вам (vǎzklicávam) — to say abruptly
  • Bulgarian: възкли́квам (vǎzklíkvam) — to say abruptly
  • Danish: udbryde (oldfashioned) — to say abruptly
  • Finnish: töksäyttää — to say abruptly
  • Finnish: laukaista — to say abruptly
  • Finnish: puuskahtaa — to say abruptly
  • Finnish: huudahtaa — to say abruptly
  • Māori: tūpere — to say abruptly
  • Russian: восклица́ть (vosklicátʹ) — to say abruptly
  • Russian: воскли́кнуть (vosklíknutʹ) — to say abruptly
  • Ukrainian: вигу́кувати (vyhúkuvaty) — to say abruptly
  • Ukrainian: ви́гукнути (výhuknuty) — to say abruptly
  • Albanian: ejakuloj — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Arabic: قَذَفَ الْمَنْي (qaḏafa al-many) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Belarusian: эякулява́ць (ejakuljavácʹ) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Bengali: বীর্যপাত (birjopat) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Bulgarian: еякули́рам (ejakulíram) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Burmese: သုက်လွှတ် (sukhlwat) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Catalan: ejacular — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Catalan: escórrer-se — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Chinese Cantonese: 射精 — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Chinese: 濺精 /溅精 (chōan-cheng) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射精 (shèjīng) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Czech: vysemenit se — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Czech: ejakulovat — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Danish: ejakulere — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Dutch: ejaculeren — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Esperanto: ejakuli — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Finnish: saada siemensyöksy — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Finnish: ejakuloida — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • French: éjaculer — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Georgian: ეაკულირებს (eaḳulirebs) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Georgian: თესლს ანთხევს (tesls antxevs) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • German: ejakulieren — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Greek: εκσπερματίζω (ekspermatízo) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Greek: εκσπερματώνω (ekspermatóno) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκμιαίνομαι (ekmiaínomai) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκσπερματίζω (ekspermatízō) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκσπερματόω (ekspermatóō) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Hindi: वीर्य स्खलन (vīrya skhalan) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Irish: sead — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Italian: eiaculare — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Japanese: 射精する (shasei suru) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Jarai: ƀlĕ ia nŏt — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Kapampangan: luwalan — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Khmer: បញ្ចេញទឹកកាម (bɑɑbɑñcəñ tɨk kaam) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Korean: 사정하다 (sajeonghada) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Latin: ēiaculor — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Latvian: ejakulēt — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Macedonian: исфрла (isfrla) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Macedonian: исфрли (isfrli) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Macedonian: ејакули́ра (ejakulíra) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Māori: whakaputa tātea — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Māori: tuwha (tātea) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Marathi: स्खलन करणे (skhalan karṇe) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Navajo: bił diłdaas — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ejakulere — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ejakulere — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ejakulera — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Persian: آب منی آمدن (âb mani âmadan) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Polish: ejakulować — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Polish: wytryskiwać — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Portuguese: ejacular — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Romanian: ejacula — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Russian: эякули́ровать (ejakulírovatʹ) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Russian: изверга́ть (izvergátʹ) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Russian: изве́ргнуть (izvérgnutʹ) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Spanish: eyacular — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Swedish: ejakulera — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Swedish: sarra — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Tagalog: labasan — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Turkish: boşalmak — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوشالمق (bošalmaq) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Ukrainian: еякулюва́ти (ejakuljuváty) — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Vietnamese: xuất tinh — to eject semen or vaginal fluid
  • Vietnamese: phóng tinh — to eject semen or vaginal fluid