Fez in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of fez

fez

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /fɛz/
• 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

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• Fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• zef

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fez m inan

1. fez

Declension

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

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/

Noun

fez m (plural fez)

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fêz (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

• 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

From Latin faecem (“dregs”).

Pronunciation

• 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 iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fez”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “fez”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fez”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈfeθ/ [ˈfeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfes/ [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• 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), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10