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.

Noun
fedora (plural fedoras)
- 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.
Forms of fedora
| plural | fedoras |
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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
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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