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feta

See also: Feta, féta, fêta, fetá, fetą, and fɛta

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

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

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

Noun

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feta f (plural fetes)

  1. fact

Etymology 2

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Participle

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feta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fet

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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feta m (plural fetes)

  1. feta (cheese)

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Danish

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Noun

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feta

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

Declension

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Declension of feta
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative feta fetaen
genitive fetas fetaens

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun

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feta m (uncountable)

  1. feta

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Esperanto

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Adjective

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

  1. fetal
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Finnish

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Etymology

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< Greek

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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feta

  1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension

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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
fetain rare
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
abessive fetatta fetoitta
instructive — fetoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of feta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fetani fetani
accusative nom. fetani fetani
gen. fetani
genitive fetani fetojeni
fetaini rare
partitive fetaani fetojani
inessive fetassani fetoissani
elative fetastani fetoistani
illative fetaani fetoihini
adessive fetallani fetoillani
ablative fetaltani fetoiltani
allative fetalleni fetoilleni
essive fetanani fetoinani
translative fetakseni fetoikseni
abessive fetattani fetoittani
instructive — —
comitative — fetoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fetasi fetasi
accusative nom. fetasi fetasi
gen. fetasi
genitive fetasi fetojesi
fetaisi rare
partitive fetaasi fetojasi
inessive fetassasi fetoissasi
elative fetastasi fetoistasi
illative fetaasi fetoihisi
adessive fetallasi fetoillasi
ablative fetaltasi fetoiltasi
allative fetallesi fetoillesi
essive fetanasi fetoinasi
translative fetaksesi fetoiksesi
abessive fetattasi fetoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — fetoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fetamme fetamme
accusative nom. fetamme fetamme
gen. fetamme
genitive fetamme fetojemme
fetaimme rare
partitive fetaamme fetojamme
inessive fetassamme fetoissamme
elative fetastamme fetoistamme
illative fetaamme fetoihimme
adessive fetallamme fetoillamme
ablative fetaltamme fetoiltamme
allative fetallemme fetoillemme
essive fetanamme fetoinamme
translative fetaksemme fetoiksemme
abessive fetattamme fetoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — fetoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fetanne fetanne
accusative nom. fetanne fetanne
gen. fetanne
genitive fetanne fetojenne
fetainne rare
partitive fetaanne fetojanne
inessive fetassanne fetoissanne
elative fetastanne fetoistanne
illative fetaanne fetoihinne
adessive fetallanne fetoillanne
ablative fetaltanne fetoiltanne
allative fetallenne fetoillenne
essive fetananne fetoinanne
translative fetaksenne fetoiksenne
abessive fetattanne fetoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — fetoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fetansa fetansa
accusative nom. fetansa fetansa
gen. fetansa
genitive fetansa fetojensa
fetainsa rare
partitive fetaansa fetojaan
fetojansa
inessive fetassaan
fetassansa 		fetoissaan
fetoissansa
elative fetastaan
fetastansa 		fetoistaan
fetoistansa
illative fetaansa fetoihinsa
adessive fetallaan
fetallansa 		fetoillaan
fetoillansa
ablative fetaltaan
fetaltansa 		fetoiltaan
fetoiltansa
allative fetalleen
fetallensa 		fetoilleen
fetoillensa
essive fetanaan
fetanansa 		fetoinaan
fetoinansa
translative fetakseen
fetaksensa 		fetoikseen
fetoiksensa
abessive fetattaan
fetattansa 		fetoittaan
fetoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — fetoineen
fetoinensa

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Franco-Provençal

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Noun

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feta (plural feteus) (vlo)

  1. Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

References

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  • feta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Icelandic

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Noun

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feta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension

  1. woman or female animal that has just given birth
  2. mother-sheep
  3. (Early Medieval Latin) sheep
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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: featã, fiate
    • Istro-Romanian: fetĕ
    • Megleno-Romanian: feată, fętă
    • Romanian: fată
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:

Etymology 2

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Verb

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fētā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fēta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 486

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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feta f

  1. celebration; feast; party
    Synonyms: impreza, święto
Declension
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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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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feta f

  1. (singular only) feta cheese
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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

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Clipping of amfetamina.

Noun

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feta f

  1. (slang) amphetamine

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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feta m (plural fetas)

  1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Italian fetta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)

  1. (regional, Croatia) slice (usually of bread)
    Synonym: krȉška

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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

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Pronunciation

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

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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

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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feta

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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

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feta c

  1. feta (cheese)
Declension
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Declension of feta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite feta fetas
definite fetan fetans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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Etymology 3

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Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

Verb

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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
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Conjugation of feta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive feta fetas
Supine fetat fetats
Imperative feta —
Imper. plural1 feten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative fetar fetade fetas fetades
Ind. plural1 feta fetade fetas fetades
Subjunctive2 fete fetade fetes fetades
Participles
Present participle fetande
Past participle fetad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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Derived terms
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