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ejaculation

noun · 6 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /iˌdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IY0 JH AE2 K Y UW0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.

A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, specifically, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interjection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exclamation, exclaiming

6

noun

Meaning 6

the discharge of semen in males

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discharge, emission, expelling

Narrower terms: nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation

History

Etymology

From French éjaculation, borrowed from Latin ēiaculārī.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ejakulacion — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Arabic: قَذْف (qaḏf) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Aragonese: echaculación — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Armenian: սերմնաժայթքում (sermnažaytʻkʻum) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Asturian: eyaculación — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Azerbaijani: boşalma — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Azerbaijani: toxum axıtma — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Azerbaijani: sperma axıtma — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Basque: isurtze — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Belarusian: эякуля́цыя (ejakuljácyja) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Belarusian: семявывяржэ́нне (sjemjavyvjaržénnje) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Bengali: বীর্যস্খলন (birjoskholon) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Bengali: বীর্যপাত (birjopat) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Bulgarian: еякула́ция (ejakulácija) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Catalan: ejaculació — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Chinese Cantonese: 射精 — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射精 (shèjīng) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Chinese Mandarin: 射出 (shèchū) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Czech: ejakulace — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Danish: udløsning — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Danish: ejakulation — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Dutch: ejaculatie — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Esperanto: ejakulo — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Finnish: siemensyöksy — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Finnish: ejakulaatio — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • French: éjaculation — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Galician: exaculación — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Georgian: ეაკულაცია (eaḳulacia) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Georgian: თესლდანთხევა (tesldantxeva) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Georgian: თესლის გადმონთხევა (teslis gadmontxeva) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • German: Ejakulation — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • German: Samenerguss — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Greek: εκσπερμάτιση (ekspermátisi) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hebrew: שְׁפִיכָה (shfikha) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hindi: स्खलन (skhalan) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hindi: वीर्यपात (vīryapāt) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hindi: वीर्य स्खलन (vīrya skhalan) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hungarian: magömlés — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Hungarian: ejakuláció — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Icelandic: sáðlát — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Indonesian: ejakulasi (ngecrot) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Interlingua: ejaculation — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Irish: seadadh — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Italian: eiaculazione — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Japanese: 射精 (shasei) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Kazakh: шәует шығару (şäuet şyğaru) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Kazakh: ұрық шашу (ūryq şaşu) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Kazakh: шәуеттің шығуы (şäuettıñ şyğuy) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Korean: 사정 (sajeong) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Northern Kurdish: avêtin — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Latin: patrātiō — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Latvian: ejakulācija — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Lithuanian: ejakuliacija — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Luxembourgish: Ejakulatioun — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Macedonian: ејакулација (ejakulacija) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Malay: pemancutan — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Malay: ejakulasi — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Malayalam: സ്ഖലനം (skhalanaṁ) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Maltese: eġakulazzjoni — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Maltese: ejakulazzjoni — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Marathi: स्खलन (skhalan) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Middle English: schot — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ejakulasjon — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Persian: انزال (enzâl) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Polish: wytrysk — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Polish: ejakulacja — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Portuguese: ejaculação — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Romanian: ejaculare — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Romanian: ejaculație — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Russian: эякуля́ция (ejakuljácija) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Russian: семяизверже́ние (semjaizveržénije) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Russian: семяизлия́ние (semjaizlijánije) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Sanskrit: रेतःस्खलन (retaḥskhalana) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Serbo-Croatian: ејакула́ција — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Serbo-Croatian: ejakulácija — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Slovak: ejakulácia — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Slovene: ejakulácija — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Spanish: eyaculación — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Swedish: ejakulation — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Swedish: utlösning — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Swedish: sädesuttömning — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Tamil: விந்து தள்ளல் (vintu taḷḷal) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Telugu: స్ఖలనము (skhalanamu) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Thai: การหลั่งน้ําอสุจิ — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Thai: การหลั่ง — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Thai: การหลั่งน้ํากาม — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Turkish: boşalma — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Turkish: ejakülasyon — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Ukrainian: сім'явиве́рження (simʺjavyvéržennja) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Ukrainian: еякуля́ція (ejakuljácija) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Ukrainian: сім'явипо́рскування (simʺjavypórskuvannja) — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Urdu: سکھلن — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Vietnamese: xuất tinh — ejection of semen through the urethra
  • Vietnamese: phóng tinh — ejection of semen through the urethra