feta

English

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feta

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• fetta

Etymology

From Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛtə
• Homophones: fetter (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

1. A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

Synonyms

• feta cheese, fetta cheese

Translations

Anagrams

• EFTA, Fate, TAFE, TFAE, fate, feat, feat.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

Noun

feta f (plural fetes)

1. fact

Etymology 2

Participle

feta f sg

1. feminine singular of fet

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).

Noun

feta m (plural fetes)

1. feta (cheese)

Further reading

• “feta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “feta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “feta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “feta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

feta

1. feta cheese (Also used of cheese made outside of Greece.)

Declension

Synonyms

• salattern (made outside of Greece)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun

feta m (uncountable)

1. feta

Synonyms

• fetakaas

Esperanto

Adjective

feta (accusative singular fetan, plural fetaj, accusative plural fetajn)

1. fetal

Related terms

• feto (“fetus”)

Finnish

Etymology

< Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfetɑ/,
• Rhymes: -etɑ
• Syllabification^(key): fe‧ta

Noun

feta

1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension

Synonyms

• fetajuusto

Derived terms

Further reading

• “feta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Icelandic

Noun

feta

1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ta/,

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the feminine of fētus (“that has recently given birth”, adj.), found in Classical Latin in senses 1 and 2.

Noun

fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension

1. woman or female animal that has just given birth
2. mother-sheep
3. (Early Medieval Latin) sheep

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: featã, fiate
  • Istro-Romanian: fetĕ
  • Megleno-Romanian: feată, fętă
  • Romanian: fată
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: feda
    • Old Ligurian: fea
    • Piedmontese: fèja, fea
  • Friulian: fede
  • Venetian: feda
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: feya
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: feda (northern)
  • Gascon: heda, hede
  • Occitan: feda

    Vivaro-Alpine: fea, feia, fià, fié

Etymology 2

Verb

fētā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

References

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: fe‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fête (“party”), from Middle French feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Noun

feta f

1. celebration; feast; party

   Synonyms: impreza, święto

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).

Noun

feta f

1. (singular only) feta cheese

Usage notes

This word is indeclinable when used in formal contexts, and declinable when used in colloquial contexts. For instance, "sałatka z fetą" would be used in conversation, while "sałatka z serem feta" would be used in a restaurant menu.

Etymology 3

Clipping of amfetamina.

Noun

feta f

1. (slang) amphetamine

Further reading

• feta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• feta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian fetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fêta/
• Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun

fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)

1. (regional, Croatia) slice (usually of bread)

   Synonym: krȉška

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: fe‧ta

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

1. Feta cheese

feta f (plural fetas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) A thin slice of food, mainly cheese, cold cuts, or bread

Further reading

• “feta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

feta

1. inflection of fet:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

Noun

feta c

1. feta (cheese)

Declension

Synonyms

• fetaost

Etymology 3

Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

Verb

feta (present fetar, preterite fetade, supine fetat, imperative feta)

1. (colloquial) boldface (set or print in boldface)

   hon fetade de viktiga orden

   she boldfaced the important words

Conjugation

Synonyms

• fetmarkera

Derived terms

• fetning