φέτα

Greek

Etymology

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Latin findereder.?

Italian fettabor.

Greek φέτα

Borrowed from Italian fetta (“slice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ta/

Noun

φέτα • (féta) f (plural φέτες)

1. slice

   Μπορείτε να φάτε μία φέτα άσπρου ψωμιού.

   Boreíte na fáte mía féta ásprou psomioú.

   You can eat a slice of white bread.

2. feta (cheese)

Declension

Declension of φέτα

	singular	plural
nominative	φέτα (féta)	φέτες (fétes)
genitive	φέτας (fétas)	φετών (fetón)
accusative	φέτα (féta)	φέτες (fétes)
vocative	φέτα (féta)	φέτες (fétes)

Coordinate terms

• τυρί n (tyrí, “cheese”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِيتَا (fītā)
  • Egyptian Arabic: فيتا (fetā)
  • Hijazi Arabic: فيتا (fēta)
• → Catalan: feta
• → Danish: feta
• → Dutch: feta
• → English: feta
• → Finnish: feta
• → French: feta
• → German: Feta
• → Italian: feta
• → Japanese: フェタ (feta)
• → Macedonian: фета (feta)
• → Persian: فتا (fetâ)
• → Polish: feta
• → Portuguese: feta
• → Russian: фе́та (féta)
• → Spanish: feta
• → Swedish: feta
• → Turkish: feta

Further reading

• Φέτα (τυρί) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el