fez

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a city in north central Morocco; religious center
  2. noun a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

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.

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Synonyms

Fes

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