# 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: /fɛz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛz

### Noun

fez (plural fezzes or fezes)
* A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
    Synonym: tarboosh

#### Derived terms

* befezzed
* fezless
* fezlike
* fezzed

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “fez”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “fez”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* Fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* zef

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɛs]
* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Noun

fez m inan
* 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

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)
* 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: /fɛz/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fez m (plural fez)
* fez
    Synonym: tarbouche

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Verb

fez
* (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)
* 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfe(j)s/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfe(j)s/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfe(j)ʃ/ [ˈfe(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfeʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ
* Homophone: fês
* Hyphenation: fez

#### Verb

fez
* third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

### Etymology 2

From Latin faecem (“dregs”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ(j)s/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛ(j)s/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɛ(j)ʃ/ [ˈfɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɛʃ/
* Homophones: fés, Fez
* Hyphenation: fez

#### Noun

fez f (plural fezes)
* (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: (Spain) /ˈfeθ/ [ˈfeθ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfes/ [ˈfes]
* Rhymes: -eθ
* Rhymes: -es
* Syllabification: fez

### Noun

fez m (plural feces)
* 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