fetta

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English

Noun

fetta (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of feta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

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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

Noun

fetta f (plural fette)

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

Descendants

  • Greek: φέτα (féta)
  • Serbo-Croatian: feta

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