fedora

See also: Fedora

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈdɔːɹə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /fəˈdɔɹə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

A fedora

fedora (plural fedoras)

1. A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
   • 2019 January 3, Michael Smerconish, “The Nixon letter I can’t forget”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 October 2021:

     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” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman.

Derived terms

• fedoraed
• fedoraless

Translations

a felt hat

• Arabic: فيدورا f (fīdōra, fēdōra), فدورا f (fidōra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟呢帽 / 软呢帽

• Czech: plsťák (cs) m, pánský klobouk
• Finnish: huopahattu (fi)
• French: borsalino (fr) m, chapeau mou (fr) m, feutre (fr) m
• German: Filzhut (de) m, Fedora m, Fedorahut m
• Indonesian: topi laken, fedora
• Italian: borsalino (it) m
• Persian: شاپو (fa) (šâpo)
• Polish: fedora (pl) f, borsalino (pl) n
• Russian: фе́тровая шля́па f (fétrovaja šljápa), федо́ра (ru) f (fedóra), борсали́но (ru) n (borsalíno)
• Spanish: fedora (es) m, borsalino (es) m, gacho (es) m (Argentina)
• Swedish: fedora (sv) c, fedorahatt (sv) c
• Volapük: fülahät (vo), fedorahät

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “fedora”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “fedora”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Afro-ed, Afroed, afro-ed, afroed, for'ead

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈdoɾa/ [feˈð̞o.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: fe‧do‧ra

Noun

fedora m (plural fedoras)

1. fedora (hat)

Swedish

Noun

fedora c

1. fedora

Declension

Declension of fedora

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fedora	fedoras
	definite	fedoran	fedorans
plural	indefinite	fedoror	fedorors
	definite	fedororna	fedorornas