English

Alternative forms

• Fes

Proper noun

Fez

1. A city in Morocco.

Translations

Portuguese

Proper noun

Fez f

1. Fez (a city in Morocco)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [fe̞θ]
• (Lat. Am.) IPA^(key): [fe̞s]
• See also: faz

Etymology

From Arabic فَـاس ‎(fās), from Berber (compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴼⴰⵙ ‎(Fas)), probably taken from the word Fazaz, the old Berber name for the Middle Atlas mountains.

Proper noun

Fez f

1. Fez (a city in Morocco)

English

a fez

Noun

fez ‎(plural fezzes or fezes)

1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone and having a flat top with a tassel attached.

Synonyms

• (hat): checheya, tarboosh

Translations

References

1. ↑ "fez." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fez m

1. fez

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fez m ‎(plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

1. fez

French

Noun

fez m ‎(plural fez)

1. fez

Synonyms

• tarbouche

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fêz (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe(j)s/, /ˈfe(j)ʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfeʃ/

Verb

fez

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) preterite indicative of fazer

Etymology 2

From Latin faex, faecem ‎(“dregs”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs/, /ˈfɛʃ/
• Homophone: fés

Noun

fez f (plural fezes)

1. (rare) a piece of faeces

Synonyms

• bosta (vulgar), cocô (childish), excremento, merda (vulgar)

Related terms

• fecal