fes

fes (plural fes dem, quantified fes)

1. face

From Latin fissus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

fes (feminine fesa, masculine plural fesos, feminine plural feses)

1. (dated or dialectal) cleft, split

fes f (invariable)

1. splitting, cleaving
2. cleft, fissure
3. notch (in the ears of livestock, to mark them)

fes (feminine fesa, masculine plural fesos, feminine plural feses)

1. past participle of fendre

Borrowed from Arabic فأس (“pickaxe”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfes]

fes m (plural fessos)

1. hoe (agricultural tool)

   Synonym: magall

Named after the city of Fes, Morocco. See Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

fes m (plural fesos)

1. fez (hat)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -es

fes

1. inflection of fer:
   1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

fes

1. plural of fe (“faith”)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfes]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

fes

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of fe (“hay”)

• “fes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /fɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

fes f (plural fessen, diminutive fesje n)

1. (music) F-flat

From German Fes (German key notation).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfes/, [ˈfe̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification^(key): fes
• Hyphenation^(key): fes

fes

1. (music) F-flat

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

• IPA^(key): /fés/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸɛ́s]

fes

1. very clean

• IPA^(key): /fɛːs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːs

fes n (genitive singular fes or fess, nominative plural fes)

1. (music) F flat

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “fes”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

• feis, fiste

fes

1. simple past of fise

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

fes n (plural fesuri)

1. fez, hat
2. beanie

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

• IPA^(key): /fês/

fȅs m inan (Cyrillic spelling фе̏с)

1. fez (a Turkish hat in the shape of a truncated cone)

fes

1. inflection of far:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive

• IPA^(key): /feːs/

fes

1. indefinite genitive singular of fe

fes

1. past indicative of fisa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes), named after Fez, the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927, where the dye to color the hat was extracted from crimson berries.

fes (definite accusative fesi, plural fesler)

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

• “fes”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “fes”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fes2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1567
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fes”, in Nişanyan Sözlük