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English

Alternative forms

• fetta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?
• 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

Anagrams

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

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.

Danish

Noun

feta

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

Declension

Synonyms

• salattern (made outside of Greece)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fe?ta

Noun

feta m (uncountable)

1. feta

Synonyms

• fetakaas

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. fetal

Related terms

• feto (“fetus”)

Finnish

Etymology

< Greek

Noun

feta

1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension

Synonyms

• fetajuusto

Icelandic

Noun

feta

1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin

Verb

f?t?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of f?t?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?.ta/

Etymology 1

From French fête (“party”), from Middle French feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin f?sta, from the plural of Latin f?stum.

Noun

feta f

1. celebration; feast; party

Declension

Synonyms

• (celebration): impreza, ?wi?to

Etymology 2

From Greek ???? (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, "sa?atka z fet?" would be used in conversation, while "sa?atka 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 s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• feta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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

f?ta f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (regional, Croatia) slice (usually of bread)

Declension

Synonyms

• kr?ška

Swedish

Adjective

feta

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fet.

Noun

feta c

1. feta (cheese)

Synonyms

• fetaost

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From fetaräij.

Verb

feta

1. fetter with fetaräij

Etymology 2

From Old Norse feta.

Verb

feta

1. walk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori w?t?.

Noun

weta (plural wetas or weta)

1. Any of about 70 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, resembling katydids or crickets.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tawe, Tewa, tawe

Igbo

Etymology

From we (“take”) + tá (“towards”).

Verb

wetá

1. to bring.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish aguaitar in the meaning of "to pay attention" or "to take care".

Verb

weta

1. to see

Polish

Noun

weta

1. genitive singular of weto
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of weto

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English waiter.

Noun

wetá 1a (plural bówetá 2a)

1. waiter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Tocharian B

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

weta ?

1. a battle, struggle