Meanings
plural fedoras
- A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
1 more example
Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman.
2019 January 3, Michael Smerconish, “The Nixon letter I can’t forget”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΘεόδωρος“gift of god”
- RussianФедо́ра
- Englishfedora
From a 19th-century play by Victorien Sardou titled Fédora. The heroine, Fédora Romazov, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. The name comes from the Russian Федо́ра (Fedóra), feminine form of Фёдор (Fjódor), from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”), derived from θεός (theós, “god”) and δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
More words from Russian, Ancient Greek
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Arabic فيدورا, فدورا
- فيدورا (fīdōra, fēdōra)a felt hat
- فدورا (fidōra)a felt hat
Chinese Mandarin 軟呢帽 /软呢帽
- 軟呢帽 /软呢帽a felt hat
Czech plsťák, pánský klobouk
- plsťáka felt hat
- pánský klobouka felt hat
Finnish huopahattu
- huopahattua felt hat
French borsalino, chapeau mou
- borsalinoa felt hat
- chapeau moua felt hat
- feutrea felt hat
- fédoraa felt hat
German Filzhut, Fedora
- Filzhuta felt hat
- Fedoraa felt hat
- Fedorahuta felt hat
Indonesian topi laken, fedora
- topi lakena felt hat
- fedoraa felt hat
Italian borsalino
- borsalinoa felt hat
Persian شاپو
- شاپو (šâpo)a felt hat
Polish fedora, borsalino
- fedoraa felt hat
- borsalinoa felt hat
Portuguese fedora
- fedoraa felt hat
Russian фе́тровая шля́па, федо́ра
- фе́тровая шля́па (fétrovaja šljápa)a felt hat
- федо́ра (fedóra)a felt hat
- борсали́но (borsalíno)a felt hat
Spanish fedora, borsalino
- fedoraa felt hat
- borsalinoa felt hat
- gachoa felt hat
Swedish fedora, fedorahatt
- fedoraa felt hat
- fedorahatta felt hat
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Cite this entry
fedora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedora
“fedora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedora. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fedora,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fedora.
Source: fedora on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.