fedora
/fɪˈdɔːɹə/noun
fedora is spelled F-E-D-O-R-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fedora means “A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fedora is fedoras.
How many letters and syllables are in fedora?
| Letters | 6: F-E-D-O-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is fedora?
Fedora appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fedora?
- UK /fɪˈdɔːɹə/
- Canada /fəˈdɔɹə/
Fedora has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fedora.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fedora
- fedoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fedora mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fedora in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a felt hat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | borsalino, chapeau mou, feutre, fédora |
| German | Filzhut, Fedora, Fedorahut |
| Portuguese | fedora |
| Spanish | fedora, borsalino, gacho |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fedora come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).