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4-letter words (3 found)

FATE,FEAT,FETA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AFT,ATE,EAT,EFT,ETA,FAE,FAT,FET,TAE,TEA,TEF,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AT,EA,EF,ET,FA,FE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from feta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of feta

feta

English

Alternative forms

  • fetta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛtə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə
  • Homophone: fetter (non-rhotic)

Noun

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

  2. 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(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfe.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfe.ta]

Etymology 1

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fer.

Noun

feta f (plural fetes)

  1. fact

Etymology 2

Participle

feta f sg

  1. feminine singular of fet

Etymology 3

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

Noun

feta m (plural fetes)

  1. feta (cheese)

Further reading

  • “feta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “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

  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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeta/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ta

Adjective

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

  1. fetal

Related terms

  • feto (“fetus”)

Finnish

Etymology

< Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfetɑ/, [ˈfe̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -etɑ
  • Syllabification(key): fe‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): fe‧ta

Noun

feta

  1. feta, Feta cheese, feta cheese

Declension

Synonyms

  • fetajuusto

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “feta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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)

  1. Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

References

  • feta in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Icelandic

Noun

feta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fet

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.t̪a]

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

  1. woman or female animal that has just given birth
  2. mother-sheep
  3. (Early Medieval Latin) sheep
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

fētā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.ta/
  • 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

  1. celebration; feast; party
    Synonyms: impreza, święto
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (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, "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

  1. (slang) amphetamine

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

fȅta f (Cyrillic spelling фе̏та)

  1. (regional, Croatia) slice (usually of bread)
    Synonym: krȉška

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeta/ [ˈfe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: fe‧ta

Noun

feta m (plural fetas)

  1. Feta cheese

Noun

feta f (plural fetas)

  1. (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

  1. inflection of fet:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta).

Noun

feta c

  1. feta (cheese)
Declension
Synonyms
  • fetaost

Etymology 3

Blend of fetstil (“boldface”) +‎ -a

Verb

feta (present fetar, preterite fetade, supine fetat, imperative feta)

  1. (colloquial) boldface (set or print in boldface)
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • fetmarkera
Derived terms
  • fetning

Source: wiktionary.org