feta

• fetta

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtə
• Homophone: fetter (non-rhotic)

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

2. 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): (Valencia) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “feta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: fe‧ta

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

1. fetal

• feto (“fetus”)

< Greek

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

feta

1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

• fetajuusto

• “feta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

feta (plural feteus) (vlo)

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

• feta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

feta

1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfeː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.t̪a]

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

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. (Rioplatense) A thin slice of food, mainly cheese, cold cuts, or bread

• “feta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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