fetta

English

Noun

fetta (countable and uncountable, plural fettas)

  1. Alternative spelling of feta

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛhta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhta

Verb

fetta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fetti, supine fett)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to bend backwards

Conjugation

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; several possibilities exist. Probably ultimately from Latin findere, through an alteration of its past participle fissus into a form *fictus > *fectus, later becoming feminine. (Compare the change from fixus to fitto). An alternative may be a Vulgar Latin *offetta (little piece), diminutive of offa. Compare Galician and Portuguese fita, Dalmatian fiata, Sicilian feḍḍa, Sardinian fitta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: fét‧ta

Noun

fetta f (plural fette)

  1. slice (of meat, cake, etc)
  2. piece

Descendants

  • Greek: φέτα (féta)
    • English: feta
    • Finnish: feta
    • German: Feta
    • Polish: feta
    • Portuguese: feta
    • Russian: фе́та f (féta)
    • Swedish: feta
    • Turkish: feta
  • Serbo-Croatian: feta

Anagrams

Maltese

Root
f-t-t
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَتَّة (fatta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛt.ta/

Noun

fetta f (plural fetet)

  1. a slice (of bread, ham, etc)
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