ejaculate

English

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Etymology

From Latin ēiaculātus, perfect passive participle of ēiaculor (“hurl, shoot out”), from ē (“out”) + iaculor (“throw, dart”), from iaculum (“a missile, a dart”), from iaciō (“to throw, to hurl”).

Pronunciation

Verb

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/ X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.jU.leIt/
• (US) enPR: ĭjăʹkyəlāt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jə.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.j@.leIt/

Noun

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.jU.l@t/
• (US) enPR: ĭjăʹkyələt, IPA: /ɪˈdʒæk.jə.lət/, X-SAMPA: /I"dZ{k.j@.l@t/

Verb

ejaculate (third-person singular simple present ejaculates, present participle ejaculating, simple past and past participle ejaculated)

1. (intransitive) Of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.
2. (transitive) To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
   • Blackmore

     Its active rays ejaculated thence.

3. (transitive) To say abruptly.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16

     --Half a crown, Stephen responded. I daresay he needs it to sleep somewhere.

     --Needs! Mr Bloom ejaculated, professing not the least surprise at the intelligence, I can quite credit the assertion and I guarantee he invariably does.

Synonyms

• (eject semen): bust a nut, come, cream, cum, pop, spoof, sprog, spurt, shoot off (all slang)
• (eject vaginal fluid): come, cream, cum, squirt, flood, (all slang)
• (eject abruptly): eject, throw out
• (say abruptly): blurt out
• See also Wikisaurus:ejaculate

Related terms

• ejaculation
• ejaculator
• ejaculatory
• eject
• ejection

Translations

eject semen or vaginal fluid

• Arabic: قذف المني (ar)
• Bulgarian: еякулирам (bg) (ejakuliram)
• Catalan: ejacular (ca), escórrer-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 射精 (cmn) (shèjīng)

• Czech: vysemenit se (cs), ejakulovat (cs)
• Dutch: ejaculeren (nl)
• Esperanto: ejakuli (eo), spermelĵeti (eo)
• Finnish: saada (fi), (male) siemensyöksy (fi), (both) ejakuloida (fi)
• French: éjaculer (fr)

• German: (both) ejakulieren (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐκμιαίνομαι

• Irish: sead (ga)
• Italian: eiaculare (it)
• Persian: آب منی آمدن (fa) (âb mani âmadan), انزال (fa) (enzâl)
• Portuguese: ejacular (pt)
• Spanish: eyacular (es)
• Turkish: (both) boşalmak (tr)

eject abruptly

• Bulgarian: изхвърлям (bg) (izhvǎrljam)
• Finnish: singota (fi), purskauttaa (fi), sinkauttaa (fi), lennättää (fi)

• German: ejakulieren (de)
• Serbo-Croatian: ejakulírati (sh)

say abruptly

• Bulgarian: възклицавам (bg) (vǎzklicavam)

• Finnish: töksäyttää (fi), puuskahtaa (fi)
• Maori: tūpere (mi)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ejakulírati (sh)
• Greek: εκσπερματώνω (el) (ekspermatóno) , εκσπερματίζω (el) (ekspermatízo) 
• Interlingua: ejacular (ia)
• Lithuanian: ejakuliuoti (lt)
• Norwegian: ejakulere (no)

• Persian: (of a man) آب منی آمدن (âb mani âmadan), انزال (enzâl)
• Portuguese: ejacular (pt)
• Romanian: ejacula (ro)
• Slovene: ejakulírati (sl)
• Spanish: eyacular (es), acabar (es)
• Swedish: ejakulera

Noun

ejaculate (plural ejaculates)

1. Semen ejected during an ejaculation.

Translations

the liquid ejected during ejaculation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精液 (cmn) (jīngyè)

• Finnish: siemenneste (fi), ejakulaatti (fi)
• French: éjaculation (fr) f
• German: Ejakulat (de) n

• Portuguese: ejaculação (pt) f
• Romanian: ejaculație (ro) f
• Russian: эякулят (ru) (ejakulját) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: ejakùlāt (sh) m
• Slovak: ejakulát (sk) m

External links

• ejaculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ejaculate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911