fez

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Inflections of 'fez' (n): npl: fezzes

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fez /fɛz/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. fez•zes. 
  1. Clothinga felt cap, usually red, shaped like a shortened cone and ornamented with a tassel, worn by men esp. in Egypt and formerly Turkey.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fez  (fez),USA pronunciation n., pl. fez•zes. 
  1. Clothinga felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
  • Turkish fes, after Fes Fez
  • 1795–1805
fezzy, adj. 

Fez  (fez),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa city in N Morocco: formerly one of the traditional capitals of the sultanate in the former French zone. 1,137,800.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fez /fɛz/ n ( pl fezzes)
  1. an originally Turkish brimless felt or wool cap, shaped like a truncated cone, usually red and with a tassel
Etymology: 19th Century: via French from Turkish, from Fez
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Fez /fɛz/ n
  1. a variant of Fès
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Fès /fɛs/, Fez n
  1. a city in N central Morocco, traditional capital of the north: became an independent kingdom in the 11th century, at its height in the 14th century; religious centre; university (850). Pop: 664 000 (2003)
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