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feta

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

English edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛtə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə
  • Homophones: fetter (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun edit

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 edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

Noun edit

feta f (plural fetes)

  1. fact

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

feta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fet

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

feta m (plural fetes)

  1. feta (cheese)

Further reading edit

Danish edit

Noun edit

feta

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

Declension edit

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

Synonyms edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun edit

feta m (uncountable)

  1. feta

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Esperanto edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. fetal

Related terms edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

< Greek

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

feta

  1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension edit

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
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
fetainirare
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
fetaisirare
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
fetaimmerare
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
fetainnerare
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
fetainsarare
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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Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

feta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: featã, fetĕ
    • Romanian: fată
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: feya
  • Occitano-Romance:

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

fētā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

References edit

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

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

feta f

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

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

Noun edit

feta f

  1. (singular only) feta cheese
Usage notes edit

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 edit

Clipping of amfetamina.

Noun edit

feta f

  1. (slang) amphetamine

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

feta m (plural fetas)

  1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Italian fetta.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)

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

Declension edit

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

feta

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

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

Noun edit

feta c

  1. feta (cheese)
Declension edit
Declension of feta 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative feta fetan — —
Genitive fetas fetans — —
Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

Verb edit

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 edit
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.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
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