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fez en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɛz/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
   • 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. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 123:

Forms

Deriveds

fezlike · befezzed · fezless · fezzed

Synonyms

tarboosh

Translations (48)

vo kapitegot Türkänik (type of hat) · kk пәс (type of hat) · tr fes (type of hat) · sv fez (type of hat) · fr fez (type of hat) · ru фес (type of hat) · fi fetsi (type of hat) · eo fezo (type of hat) · bg фес (type of hat) · ms tarbus (type of hat) · inh пес (type of hat) · mr फेज (type of hat) · fr tarbouche (type of hat) · ar طَرْبُوش (type of hat) · it fez (type of hat) · de Fes (type of hat) · acw طَرْبُوش (type of hat) · de Tarbusch (type of hat) · fa فینه (type of hat) · he תרבוש (type of hat) · ro fes (type of hat) · es fez (type of hat) · arz طربوش (type of hat) · ug فەس (type of hat) · kum пес (type of hat) · lez фес (type of hat) · uk фе́ска (type of hat) · pt fez (type of hat) · el φέσι (type of hat) · tl pes (type of hat) · sw tarbushi (type of hat) · ca fes (type of hat) · vo fäid (type of hat) · ce пес (type of hat) · ja フェズ (type of hat) · id fez (type of hat) · ba фәс (type of hat) · az fəs (type of hat) · pl tarbusz (type of hat) · pt tarbuche (type of hat) · ko 페즈 (type of hat) · tt фәс (type of hat) · pl fez (type of hat) · ru фе́ска (type of hat) · nl fez (type of hat) · it tarbuscio (type of hat) · ru тарбу́ш (type of hat) · gl fez (type of hat)