English Explanatory Dictionary

fez

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
name
  1. A city in Morocco.

Pronunciation

/fɛz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fez.wav

Word forms

fez fezzes fezes Fes

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.

Synonyms

tarboosh

Related words

Fasi

Derived words

befezzed fezless fezlike fezzed
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