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See also: Fez and fêz

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

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɛz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

fez (plural fezzes or fezes)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

  • befezzed
  • fezless
  • fezlike
  • fezzed

Translations

type of hat
  • Arabic: طَرْبُوش m (ṭarbūš)
    Egyptian Arabic: طربوش m (ṭarbūš)
    Hijazi Arabic: طَرْبُوش m (ṭarbūš)
  • Azerbaijani: fəs
  • Bashkir: фәс (fäs)
  • Bulgarian: фес (bg) m (fes)
  • Catalan: fes (ca) m
  • Chechen: пес (pes)
  • Dutch: fez (nl) m
  • Esperanto: fezo
  • Finnish: fetsi (fi)
  • French: fez (fr) m, tarbouche (fr) m, chéchia (fr) f
  • Galician: fez m
  • German: Fes (de) m, Tarbusch (de) m
  • Greek: φέσι (el) n (fési)
  • Hebrew: תרבוש m
  • Indonesian: fez
  • Ingush: пес (pes)
  • Italian: fez (it) m, tarbuscio m
  • Japanese: フェズ (fezu)
  • Kazakh: пәс (päs)
  • Korean: 페즈 (pejeu)
  • Kumyk: пес (pes)
  • Lezgi: фес (fes)
  • Malay: tarbus (ms)
  • Marathi: फेज (mr) f (phej)
  • Persian: فینه (fa) (fine)
  • Polish: fez (pl) m, tarbusz m
  • Portuguese: fez (pt) m, tarbuche m
  • Romanian: fes (ro) n
  • Russian: фе́ска (ru) f (féska), фес (ru) m (fes), тарбу́ш m (tarbúš)
  • Spanish: fez (es) m
  • Swahili: tarbushi class 9/10
  • Swedish: fez (sv) c
  • Tagalog: pes (tl)
  • Tatar: фәс (fäs)
  • Turkish: fes (tr)
  • Ukrainian: фе́ска (uk) f (féska)
  • Uyghur: فەس (fes)
  • Volapük: fäid, kapitegot Türkänik

References

  1. ^ “fez”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “fez”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • Fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • zef

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛs]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fez m inan

  1. fez

Declension

Declension of fez (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative fez fezy
genitive fezu fezů
dative fezu fezům
accusative fez fezy
vocative feze fezy
locative fezu fezech
instrumental fezem fezy

Further reading

  • “fez”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “fez”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /fɛz/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

fez m (invariable)

  1. fez
    Synonym: tarbouche

Further reading

  • “fez”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Verb

fez

  1. (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)

  1. fez: a felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached

Further reading

  • “fez”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes), named after Fez, Morocco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛt͡s/*

Noun

fez m

  1. 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

       
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfe(j)s/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)s]
      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfe(j)s/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)s]
        • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfe(j)ʃ/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfeʃ/

      • Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ
      • Homophone: fês
      • Hyphenation: fez

      Verb

      fez

      1. third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

      Etymology 2

      Etymology tree
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      Latin faecem
      Portuguese fez

        From Latin faecem (“dregs”).

        Pronunciation

         
        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ(j)s/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)s]
        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ(j)s/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)s]
          • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ(j)ʃ/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]
        • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɛʃ/

        • Homophones: fés, Fez
        • Hyphenation: fez

        Noun

        fez f (plural fezes)

        1. (rare) a piece of faeces
          Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes
        Related terms
        • fecal

        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

        Etymology tree
        Ottoman Turkish فس (fes)
        Frenchbor.
        Spanish fez

          Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈfeθ/ [ˈfeθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
          • IPA(key): /ˈfes/ [ˈfes] (Latin America, Philippines)
          • Rhymes: -eθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
          • Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
          • Syllabification: fez

          Noun

          fez m (plural feces)

          1. fez (hat)

          Further reading

          • “fez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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