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English
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فس ( fes ) (modern Turkish fes ), named after Fez , Morocco , (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to color the hat was extracted from crimson berries. [ 1] [ 2]
Pronunciation
Noun
fez (plural fezzes or fezes )
A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone , having a flat top with a tassel attached.
Synonym: tarboosh
1913 , Norman Lindsay , A Curate in Bohemia , Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932 , page 123 :He was in his shirt, but he still wore his fez , as though he had gone to bed in it, which was probably the case.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
fez m inan
fez
Declension
Declension of fez (hard masculine inanimate )
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
fez m (plural fezzen , diminutive fezje n )
fez
French
Etymology
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
Noun
fez m (invariable )
fez
Synonym: tarbouche
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Galician
Verb
fez
( reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French fez , from Ottoman Turkish فس ( fes ) (modern Turkish fes ).
Noun
fez (plural fez -fez )
fez : a felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone , having a flat top with a tassel attached
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس ( fes ) , named after Fez , Morocco .
Pronunciation
Noun
fez m
fez
Synonym: tarbuscio
Further reading
Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
fêz ( pre-standardization spelling )
Pronunciation
Verb
fez
third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer
Etymology 2
From Latin faecem ( “ dregs ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
fez f (plural fezes )
( rare ) a piece of faeces
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes
Related terms
Further reading
“fez ”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“fez ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
“fez ”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“fez ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026 , →ISBN
“fez ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French , from Ottoman Turkish فس ( fes ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
fez m (plural feces )
fez ( hat )
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