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3-letter words (2 found)

EFS,FES,

2-letter words (3 found)

EF,ES,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from fes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of fes

fes efs fse sfe esf sef

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Definitions and meaning of fes

fes

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin fissus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfes]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Adjective

fes (feminine fesa, masculine plural fesos, feminine plural feses)

  1. (dated or dialectal) cleft, split

Noun

fes f (invariable)

  1. splitting, cleaving
  2. cleft, fissure
  3. notch (in the ears of livestock, to mark them)

Participle

fes (feminine fesa, masculine plural fesos, feminine plural feses)

  1. past participle of fendre

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فأس (pickaxe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfes]

Noun

fes m (plural fessos)

  1. hoe (agricultural tool)
    Synonym: magall

Etymology 3

Named after the city of Fes, Morocco. See Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfes]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fes m (plural fesos)

  1. fez (hat)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfes]
  • Rhymes: -es

Verb

fes

  1. inflection of fer:
    1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfes]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fes

  1. plural of fe (faith)

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfɛs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfes]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fes

  1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of fe (hay)

Further reading

  • “fes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

From German Fes (German key notation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfes/, [ˈfe̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification(key): fes

Noun

fes

  1. (music) F-flat

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fés/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸɛ́s]

Ideophone

fes

  1. very clean

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

fes n (genitive singular fess, nominative plural fes)

  1. (music) F flat

Declension

Related terms

  • f
  • as
  • ces
  • des
  • es
  • ges

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • feis, fiste

Verb

fes

  1. simple past of fise

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

Noun

fes n (plural fesuri)

  1. fez, hat
  2. beanie

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fês/

Noun

fȅs m (Cyrillic spelling фе̏с)

  1. fez (a Turkish hat in the shape of a truncated cone)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

fes

  1. indefinite genitive singular of fe

Verb

fes

  1. past indicative of fisa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

Noun

fes (definite accusative fesi, plural fesler)

  1. fez

Declension

References

  • “fes”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Source: wiktionary.org