noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈfɛtə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛtə
homophone: fetter (non-rhotic)
CMU ARPABET:F EH1 T AA2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
فِيتَا
(fītā)
— a variety of curd cheese
Arabic:
فيتا
(fetā)
— a variety of curd cheese
Arabic:
فيتا
(fēta)
— a variety of curd cheese
Catalan:
feta
— a variety of curd cheese
Danish:
feta
— a variety of curd cheese
Dutch:
feta
— a variety of curd cheese
French:
feta
— a variety of curd cheese
German:
Feta
— a variety of curd cheese
Greek:
φέτα
(féta)
— a variety of curd cheese
Japanese:
フェタチーズ
(feta chīzu)
— a variety of curd cheese
Macedonian:
фета
(feta)
— a variety of curd cheese
Macedonian:
бело сирење
(belo sirenje)
— a variety of curd cheese
Māori:
wheta
— a variety of curd cheese
Persian:
فتا
(fetâ)
— a variety of curd cheese
Persian:
پنیر فتا
(panir-e fetâ)
— a variety of curd cheese
