fess

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Etymology 1 === Clipping of confess. ==== Alternative forms ==== 'fess ==== Verb ==== fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed) To confess; to admit. ===== Derived terms ===== fess up === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism. ==== Alternative forms ==== fesse, feese ==== Noun ==== fess (plural fesses) (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield. Hypernym: ordinary Coordinate terms: bar, barrulet, closet ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== fess (UK dialect) Proud; conceited. (UK dialect) Lively; active; strong. (UK dialect) Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce. === Anagrams === FSes == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛʃː] Rhymes: -ɛʃː === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Viennese German fesch (“smart, stylish”), from English fashionable. ==== Adjective ==== fess (comparative fessebb, superlative legfessebb) (colloquial, dated) smart, stylish, chic ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === fest +‎ -j ==== Verb ==== fess second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fest === References === === Further reading === fess in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French fesse. === Noun === fess bottom, buttock, arse === References === Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === Named after the city of Fez, Morocco. ==== Noun ==== fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane) fez === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== Fess (alternative capitalization) ==== Noun ==== fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane) (music) F-flat ===== Derived terms ===== fess-dur m fess-moll m === References === “fess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸʲes/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *westā (“staying the night; feast”). ==== Alternative forms ==== feis, feiss (original dative used as nominative) ==== Noun ==== fess f (genitive feisse) verbal noun of foïd: (act of) spending the night evening entertainment, feast, festival ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Irish: feis Scottish Gaelic: feis, fèis === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *wissos, from Proto-Indo-European *widtós; akin to Welsh gwŷs and Middle Breton gous. ==== Verb ==== ·fess passive singular perfect prototonic of ro·finnadar === Mutation === == Seychellois Creole == === Etymology === From French fesse. === Noun === fess bottom, buttock, arse === References === Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛsː/ Rhymes: -ɛsː === Noun === fess n (music) F-flat; the note F♭ ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== fiss