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English

Noun

fetta (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of feta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?hta/
• Rhymes: -?hta

Verb

fetta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fetti, supine fett)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to bend backwards

Conjugation

Derived terms

• fetta sig
• fetta sig og bretta
• fetta fingur út í

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; several possibilities exist. Probably ultimately from Latin findere, through an alteration of its past participle fissus into a form *fictus > *fectus, later becoming feminine. (Compare the change from fixus to fitto). An alternative may be a Vulgar Latin *offecta (“little piece”), diminutive of offa. Compare Galician and Portuguese fita, Dalmatian fiata, Sicilian and Sardinian fitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta

Noun

fetta f (plural fette)

1. slice (of meat, cake, etc)
2. piece

Related terms

• affettare
• fetta biscottata

Descendants

• Greek: ???? (féta)
  • English: feta
  • Finnish: feta
  • German: Feta
  • Polish: feta
  • Portuguese: feta
  • Russian: ????? f (féta)
  • Swedish: feta
• Serbo-Croatian: feta

Anagrams

• fatte

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