feta

See also: fêta and Feta

English

Alternative forms

• fetta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtə/

• Audio (RP)

  (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

a variety of curd cheese

• Arabic: فِيتَا‎ m (fitā)

  Egyptian Arabic: فيتا‎ f (fetā)

• Danish: feta c
• Dutch: feta (nl) m
• French: feta (fr)
• German: Feta (de) m
• Greek: φέτα (el) f (féta)

• Japanese: フェタチーズ (feta chīzu)
• Macedonian: фета f (feta), бело сирење n (belo sirenje)
• Maori: wheta
• Persian: فتا‎ (fa) (fetâ), پنیر فتا‎ (panir-e fetâ)
• Polish: feta (pl) f
• Portuguese: feta m
• Russian: фе́та (ru) f (féta)
• Spanish: feta (es) f
• Swedish: feta (sv) c, fetaost (sv) c

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

feta f (plural fetes)

1. fact

Verb

feta f

1. past participle of fer

Etymology 2

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.
• “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.

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Danish

Noun

feta

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

Declension

Declension of feta

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	feta	fetaen
genitive	fetas	fetaens

Synonyms

• salattern (made outside of Greece)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun

feta m (uncountable)

1. feta

Synonyms

• fetakaas

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Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. fetal

Related terms

• feto (“fetus”)

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Finnish

Etymology

< Greek

Noun

feta

1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension

Inflection of feta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		feta	fetat
genitive		fetan	fetojen
partitive		fetaa	fetoja
illative		fetaan	fetoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		feta	fetat
accusative	nom.	feta	fetat
	gen.	fetan
genitive		fetan	fetojen fetainrare
partitive		fetaa	fetoja
inessive		fetassa	fetoissa
elative		fetasta	fetoista
illative		fetaan	fetoihin
adessive		fetalla	fetoilla
ablative		fetalta	fetoilta
allative		fetalle	fetoille
essive		fetana	fetoina
translative		fetaksi	fetoiksi
instructive		—	fetoin
abessive		fetatta	fetoitta
comitative		—	fetoineen

Possessive forms of feta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	fetani	fetamme
2nd person	fetasi	fetanne
3rd person	fetansa

Synonyms

• fetajuusto

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Icelandic

Noun

feta

1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

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Latin

Verb

fētā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

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

Declension

Declension of feta

	singular	plural
nominative	feta	fety
genitive	fety	fet
dative	fecie	fetom
accusative	fetę	fety
instrumental	fetą	fetami
locative	fecie	fetach
vocative	feto	fety

Synonyms

• (celebration): impreza, święto

Etymology 2

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

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Portuguese

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

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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)

Declension

Declension of feta

	singular	plural
nominative	fȅta	fete
genitive	fete	fȃtā
dative	feti	fetama
accusative	fetu	fete
vocative	feto	fete
locative	feti	fetama
instrumental	fetom	fetama

Synonyms

• krȉška

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Swedish

Adjective

feta

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fet.

Noun

feta c

1. feta (cheese)

Synonyms

• fetaost

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From fetaräij.

Verb

feta

1. fetter with fetaräij

Etymology 2

From Old Norse feta.

Verb

feta

1. walk

   feta opp n väg

   walk a road