different between dess vs fess

English

Noun

dess (plural desses)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat

Adverb

dess

1. the, when used with two comparatives.

Derived terms

• dessuten

References

• “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.

Adverb

dess

1. the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)

Synonyms

• di
• jo

Determiner

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Pronoun

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Dess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)

2. (music) D-flat

Derived terms

• dess-dur m

References

• “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?es/

Adjective

dess

1. right (side, as opposed to left)
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17^b2

2. south

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: deas
• Scottish Gaelic: deas

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Pronoun

dess

1. (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
2. At a specific given timen

Declension

Noun

dess ?

1. (music) D-flat

Anagrams

• seds

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s/

• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From confess, by shortening.

Verb

fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)

1. To confess; to admit.

Derived terms

• fess up

Etymology 2

From Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Doublet of fascia.

Alternative forms

• fesse

Noun

fess (plural fesses)

1. (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’, Norton 2005 p.294:

     Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.

   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 420:

     The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.

Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

fess

1. (British dialect) Proud; conceited.
2. (British dialect) Lively; active; strong.
3. (British dialect) Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.

Anagrams

• FSes

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f???]
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Viennese German fesch (“smart, stylish”), from English fashionable.

Adjective

fess (comparative fessebb, superlative legfessebb)

1. (colloquial, dated) smart, stylish, chic

Declension

Etymology 2

fest +? -j

Verb

fess

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fest

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French fesse

Noun

fess

1. bottom, buttock, arse

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Named after the city of Fez, Morocco.

Noun

fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane)

2. fez

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Fess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

fess m (definite singular fessen, indefinite plural fessar, definite plural fessane)

2. (music) F-flat

Derived terms

• fess-dur m
• fess-moll m

References

• “fess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Verb

·fess

1. passive singular perfect prototonic of ro·finnadar

Mutation

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French fesse

Noun

fess

1. bottom, buttock, arse

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français