# feta
## English
### Alternative forms

* fetta

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛtə
* Homophone: fetter (non-rhotic)

### Noun

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)
* A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

#### Synonyms

* feta cheese, fetta cheese

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* TAFE, Fate, TFAE, EFTA, atef, feat, fate, feat.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfe.ta]

### Etymology 1

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

#### Noun

feta f (plural fetes)
* fact

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

feta f sg
* feminine singular of fet

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

feta m (plural fetes)
* 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, 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.

## Danish
### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* salattern (made outside of Greece)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fe‧ta

### Noun

feta m (uncountable)
* feta

#### Synonyms

* fetakaas

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfeta]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Hyphenation: fe‧ta

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* feto (“fetus”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Greek

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfetɑ/, [ˈfe̞t̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -etɑ
* Hyphenation: fe‧ta

### Noun

feta
* feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

#### Declension

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 fetaini $^{rare}$
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 fetaisi $^{rare}$
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 fetaimme $^{rare}$
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 fetainne $^{rare}$
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 fetainsa $^{rare}$
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 :

#### Synonyms

* fetajuusto

#### Derived terms

* fetajuusto

### Further reading

* “feta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

feta (plural feteus) (vlo)
* Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

### References

* feta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Icelandic
### Noun

feta
* indefinite genitive plural of fet

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfeː.ta/, [ˈfeːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfe.ta/, [ˈfɛːt̪ä]

### Etymology 1

Substantivization of the feminine of fētus (“having recently given birth”). Found in Classical Latin in senses 1 and 2.

#### Noun

fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension
* woman or female animal that has just given birth
* mother-sheep
* (Early Medieval Latin) sheep

##### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: featã, fiate
** Istro-Romanian: fetĕ
** Megleno-Romanian: feată, fętă
** Romanian: fată
* North Italian:
** Gallo-Italic:
*** Lombard: feda
*** Old Ligurian: fea
*** Piedmontese: fèja, fea
** Friulian: fede
** Venetan: feda
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: fèya
* Occitano-Romance:
** Catalan: feda (northern)
** Gascon: heda, hede
** Occitan: feda
    Vivaro-Alpine: fea, feia, fià, fié

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fētā
* second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

### References

* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fēta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 486

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.ta/
* Audio:(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
* celebration; feast; party
    Synonyms: impreza, święto

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

feta f
* (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
* (slang) amphetamine

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.tɐ/

### Noun

feta m (plural fetas)
* feta (a variety of curd cheese)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian fetta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fêta/
* Hyphenation: fe‧ta

### Noun

fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)
* (regional, Croatia) slice (usually of bread)
    Synonym: krȉška

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈfeta/ [ˈfe.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: fe‧ta

### Noun

feta m (plural fetas)
* Feta cheese

### Noun

feta f (plural fetas)
* (Rioplatense) A thin slice of food, mainly cheese, cold cuts, or bread

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

feta
* inflection of fet:
** definite singular
** plural

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

#### Noun

feta c
* feta (cheese)

##### Synonyms

* fetaost

### Etymology 3

Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

#### Verb

feta (present fetar, preterite fetade, supine fetat, imperative feta)
* (colloquial) boldface (set or print in boldface)
    hon fetade de viktiga ordenshe boldfaced the important words

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Synonyms

* fetmarkera

##### Derived terms

* fetning