fess
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology 1
From confess, by shortening.
Verb
fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)
- To confess; to admit.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism.
Noun
fess (plural fesses)
- (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, Norton, published 2005, page 294:
- Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 420:
- The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.
Derived terms
Translations
band
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Adjective
fess
- (UK dialect) Proud; conceited.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:
- Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"
- (UK dialect) Lively; active; strong.
- (UK dialect) Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛʃː]
- Rhymes: -ɛʃː
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Viennese German fesch (“smart, stylish”), from English fashionable.[1][2]
Adjective
fess (comparative fessebb, superlative legfessebb)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fess | fessek |
| accusative | fesset | fesseket |
| dative | fessnek | fesseknek |
| instrumental | fessel | fessekkel |
| causal-final | fessért | fessekért |
| translative | fessé | fessekké |
| terminative | fessig | fessekig |
| essive-formal | fessként | fessekként |
| essive-modal | fessül | — |
| inessive | fessben | fessekben |
| superessive | fessen | fesseken |
| adessive | fessnél | fesseknél |
| illative | fessbe | fessekbe |
| sublative | fessre | fessekre |
| allative | fesshez | fessekhez |
| elative | fessből | fessekből |
| delative | fessről | fessekről |
| ablative | fesstől | fessektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
fessé | fesseké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
fesséi | fessekéi |
References
- fess in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- fess in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Mauritian Creole
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Fess (alternative capitalization)
Noun
fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane)
Derived terms
- fess-dur m
- fess-moll m
References
- “fess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wid-to-m; akin to Welsh gwys and Middle Breton gous.
Seychellois Creole
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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