Plural of Fez

[Danny McG]

Can anyone advise please?

Plural of Fez (the little red hats)
Would it be Fezes?

Doesn't look right somehow

Thanks
Danny

 

[The Judge]

Fezzes -- double z.

 

[Gonk the Insane]

I think you can use either fezes or fezzes (which looks better to me):
Definition of FEZ

 

[Alex The G and T]

Why would you want more than one Fez?

 

[The Judge]

Hmm. Both Collins online and my paper ODE only give "fezzes", with no alternative, and I see that lower down the Merriam Webster definition for students also gives "fezzes" with no alternative "fezes". I think you're better off not risking the single "z" version.

 

[Paul_C]

Feeez.

 

[Pyan]

Merriam Webster definition for students also gives "fezzes" with no alternative "fezes".

Hmmm. But the Merriam Webster for everyone else gives: plural fezzes also fezes...

Definition of FEZ

 

[Danny McG]

Majority favours Fezzes so going with that.
Or would Fez's work ?

 

[tinkerdan]

Around here:
more than one fez is know as a convention of shriners.

 

[The Judge]

Hmmm. But the Merriam Webster for everyone else gives: plural fezzes also fezes...

Yes, I saw that, and couldn't understand why non-students were given a choice but students weren't! Then I began wondering whether US teachers/lecturers would mark down "fezes" as being incorrect, but adults who wouldn't be corrected could spell it how they wanted.

Or would Fez's work ?

NO!!!

An apostrophe does not indicate plural! It signifies either a missing letter ie the "i" of "is" so here "fez's" is short for "fez is" or possession eg "The fez's red colouring had faded to pink".

And give "fez" a lower case "f" unless it's starting a sentence or it's a name of some kind (like the place).

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Or would Fez's work ?

No, that would be completely wrong. An apostrophe is used to form a possessive or a contraction, not a plural.

Edit -- was writing my post at the same time TJ was.

 

[Pyan]

Tarboosh - tarbooshes is/are easier...

 

[tinkerdan]

Maybe it's like fish
one fez
two fez
black fez
blue fez

so if they are all red then they are fez
if they are various colors such as red, green, blue then they are fezzes

Oh wait; did I just break a rule and make that more confusing.

 

[Danny McG]

Solved it. I've tweaked the sentence:-

"They all donned fez style hats"

 

[Biskit]

Why would you want more than one Fez?

Because Fezzes are cool. Along with bow-ties. I know, because the Doctor said so.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Because Fezzes are cool. Along with bow-ties. I know, because the Doctor said so.

I was just coming to say this, but you beat me to it.

 

[Danny McG]

They are cool (7seconds)

 

[The Ace]

I never worried about it - if you have more than one, you have deeper problems.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

They all donned fez style hats

Almost solved. I think you're lacking a hyphen; perhaps:

They all donned fez-style hats.

Just a thought...

 

[Stuart Suffel]

I'd pluralise the wearers, not the hat, if I were you...

Whether fezes or fezzes it all looks fizzy.

Eta, ah I see you've solved it. Yup, that'd do.