feta

• fetta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtə/

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

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

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

• feta cheese, fetta cheese

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfe.ta]

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

feta f (plural fetes)

1. fact

feta f sg

1. feminine singular of fet

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

feta m (plural fetes)

1. feta (cheese)

• “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.

feta

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

• salattern (made outside of Greece)

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• Hyphenation: fe‧ta

feta m (uncountable)

1. feta

• fetakaas

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

1. fetal

• feto (“fetus”)

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

feta

1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

• fetajuusto

• “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

feta

1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

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

Substantivization of the feminine of fētus (“having recently given birth”). Found in Classical Latin in senses 1 and 2.[1]

fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension

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

• 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

fētā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: fe‧ta

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

feta f

1. celebration; feast; party

   Synonyms: impreza, święto

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

feta f

1. (singular only) feta cheese

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.

Clipping of amfetamina.

feta f

1. (slang) amphetamine

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

feta m (plural fetas)

1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

From Italian fetta.

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

fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)

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

   Synonym: krȉška

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfeta/ [ˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: fe‧ta

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

feta

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

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

feta c

1. feta (cheese)

• fetaost

Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

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

• fetmarkera

• fetning