fez

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]

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛz

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.

• Fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• zef

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛs

fez m inan

1. fez

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

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fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

1. fez

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.

• IPA^(key): /fɛz/

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fez m (invariable)

1. fez

   Synonym: tarbouche

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

fez

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

Unadapted borrowing from French fez, from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes).

fez (plural fez-fez)

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

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛt͡s/^*

fez m

1. fez

   Synonym: tarbuscio

• Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• fêz (pre-standardization spelling)

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

fez

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

From Latin faecem (“dregs”).

• Homophones: fés, Fez
• Hyphenation: fez

fez f (plural fezes)

1. (rare) a piece of faeces

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes

• fecal

• “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 Lingua 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

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

• 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

fez m (plural feces)

1. fez (hat)

• “fez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025