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fedora

UK/fɪˈdɔːɹə/

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Canada/fəˈdɔɹə/

fedora noun: a felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.

fedora: a felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down
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Noun

fedora (plural fedoras)

  1. A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
    • Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum”...2019 January 3, Michael Smerconish, “The Nixon letter I can’t forget”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021

fedora meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

fedora in Hindi

फेडोरा, फ़ेडोरा

fedora in Tamil

ஃபெடோரா

fedora in Marathi

फेडोरा

fedora in Urdu

فیڈورا, فڈورا
More languagesFewer languages
fedora in Bengali
ফেডোরা, ফেদোরা, ফেদোড়া
fedora in Telugu
ఫెడోరా, ఫెడోర, ఫెదోరా
fedora in Malayalam
ഫെഡോറ, ഫെഡോറാ
fedora in Kannada
ಫೆಡೋರಾ, ಫೆಡೋರ
fedora in Punjabi
ਫੇਡੋਰਾ, ਫੈਡੋਰਾ, ਫ਼ੇਡੋਰਾ
fedora in Gujarati
ફેડોરા
fedora in Odia
ଫେଡୋରା, ଫେଡ଼ୋରା
fedora in Nepali
फेडोरा, फेदोरा
fedora in Arabic
فيدورا fīdōra, fēdōra, فدورا fidōra
fedora in Indonesian
topi laken, fedora
fedora in Persian
شاپو šâpo

Examples of fedora in a sentence

  • Warning: Fangalicious man-on-man action, a troublesome twink, a cross-dressing vampiress, and role-playing involving a fedora.
  • A Ken doll, dressed in ironed khakis and his usual affectation: a brown felt Indiana Jones fedora.
  • If alt.os.linux.fedora is added, your newsserver isn't perfect but still, well, Okay.

All 14 example sentences with fedora

Forms of fedora

pluralfedoras

Plural of fedora: fedoras

Origin of fedora

From a 19th-century play by Victorien Sardou titled Fédora. The heroine, Fédora Romazov, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. The name comes from the Russian Федо́ра (Fedóra), feminine form of Фёдор (Fjódor), from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”), derived from θεός (theós, “god”) and δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

Words formed from fedora

Questions about fedora

What does fedora mean?
Fedora means a felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
What is fedora in Hindi?
Fedora in Hindi is फेडोरा, फ़ेडोरा. See Fedora meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fedora?
Fedora is a noun.
How do you pronounce fedora?
Fedora is pronounced /fɪˈdɔːɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fedora?
The plural of fedora is fedoras.

Words near fedora in the dictionary

  1. Fedlimid
  2. fedn
  3. fedn.
  4. fedns.
  5. Fedor
  6. fedora
  7. fedoraed
  8. fedoraless
  9. fedoras
  10. Fedorchak
  11. Fedorchaks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fedora (page history and authors); fedora (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fedora (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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