Meanings
fez1
- A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
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.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 123Synonyms: tarboosh
Fez2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
fez · noun
- Ottoman Turkishفس
- Englishfez
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.
More words from Ottoman Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Fez · proper noun
- Arabicفَاس
- Arabicفَاس
- EnglishFez
Borrowed from Arabic فَاس (fās).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَرْبُوش, فَاس
- طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš)type of hat
- فَاس (fās)city in Morocco
Bengali ফাস
- ফাস (phaś)city in Morocco
Bulgarian фес, Фес
- фес (fes)type of hat
- Фес (Fes)city in Morocco
Catalan fes, Fes
- festype of hat
- Fescity in Morocco
Chinese Mandarin 非斯
- 非斯 (Fēisī)city in Morocco
Danish Fez
- Fezcity in Morocco
Dutch fez, Fez
- feztype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
Esperanto fezo
- fezotype of hat
Finnish fetsi, Fès
- fetsitype of hat
- Fèscity in Morocco
French fez, tarbouche
- feztype of hat
- tarbouchetype of hat
- Fèscity in Morocco
- Fezcity in Morocco
German Fes, Tarbusch
- Festype of hat
- Tarbuschtype of hat
- Fèscity in Morocco
Greek φέσι, Φεζ
- φέσι (fési)type of hat
- Φεζ (Fez)city in Morocco
Hebrew תרבוש, פס
- תרבושtype of hat
- פס (fes)city in Morocco
Hindi फ़ास
- फ़ास (fās)city in Morocco
Indonesian fez, Fez
- feztype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
Italian fez, tarbuscio
- feztype of hat
- tarbusciotype of hat
- Fèscity in Morocco
- Fezcity in Morocco
Japanese フェズ, フェズ
- フェズ (fezu)type of hat
- フェズ (Fezu)city in Morocco
Korean 페즈
- 페즈 (pejeu)type of hat
Malay tarbus
- tarbustype of hat
Persian فینه, فاس
- فینه (fine)type of hat
- فاس (fâs)city in Morocco
Polish fez, tarbusz
- feztype of hat
- tarbusztype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
- Fescity in Morocco
Portuguese fez, tarbuche
- feztype of hat
- tarbuchetype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
Romanian fes, Fes
- festype of hat
- Fescity in Morocco
Russian фе́ска, фес
- фе́ска (féska)type of hat
- фес (fes)type of hat
- тарбу́ш (tarbúš)type of hat
- Фес (Fes)city in Morocco
- Фез (Fez)city in Morocco
Spanish fez, Fez
- feztype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
Swahili tarbushi
- tarbushitype of hat
Swedish fez, Fez
- feztype of hat
- Fezcity in Morocco
- Fescity in Morocco
Tagalog pes
- pestype of hat
Turkish fes, Fes
- festype of hat
- Fescity in Morocco
Ukrainian фе́ска
- фе́ска (féska)type of hat
Urdu فاس
- فاس (fās)city in Morocco
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fez
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Cite this entry
fez. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fez
“fez.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fez. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fez,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fez.
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