fez
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to colour the hat was extracted from crimson berries. [1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɛz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛz
Noun edit
- A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
- Synonym: tarboosh
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
type of hat
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References edit
- ^ “fez”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fez”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fez m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes). Mentioned as bonnet de fez in 1664. By the 19th century the word fez alone stood for the hat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fez m (plural fez)
Further reading edit
- “fez”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Verb edit
fez
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ
- Homophone: fês
- Hyphenation: fez
Verb edit
fez
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Homophones: fés, Fez
- Hyphenation: fez
Noun edit
fez f (plural fezes)
- (rare) a piece of faeces
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fez” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “fez” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “fez” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “fez” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “fez” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈfeθ/ [ˈfeθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈfes/ [ˈfes]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: fez
Noun edit
fez m (plural feces)
- fez (hat)
Further reading edit
- “fez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014