feta

See also: fêta and Feta

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛtə/
  • (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

Translations

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Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Noun

feta f (plural fetes)

  1. fact

Verb

feta f

  1. past participle of fer

Etymology 2

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

Noun

feta m (plural fetes)

  1. feta (cheese)

Further reading


Danish

Noun

feta

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

Declension

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Noun

feta m (uncountable)

  1. feta

Synonyms


Esperanto

Adjective

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

  1. fetal

Finnish

Etymology

< Greek

Pronunciation

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

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


Icelandic

Noun

feta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: featã, fetĕ
    • Romanian: fată
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Lombard: feda
      • Old Ligurian: fea
      • Piedmontese: fèja, fea
    • Friulian: fede
    • Venetian: feda
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: feya
  • Occitano-Romance:

Verb

fētā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: fe‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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
    Synonyms: impreza, święto
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.tɐ/

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

  1. feta (a variety of curd cheese)

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

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Spanish

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

  1. Feta cheese

Further reading


Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

feta

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fet.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

Noun

feta c

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

Etymology 3

Blend of fetstil (boldface) + -a

Verb

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
Synonyms
  • fetmarkera
Derived terms
  • fetning

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
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