feta

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feta

/ˈfɛtə/

Sounds like fetter (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɛtə

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

noun fetas · fetta

countable, uncountable A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece. Before there were MAHA moms and trad wives boasting homemade bread and feta on social media, there was a societal push to get Americans back into the kitchen.
Similar: feta cheese, fetta cheese

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noun a variety of curd cheese

Español	feta
日本語	フェタチーズ feta chīzu
Português	feta
Français	feta
Deutsch	Feta
Ελληνικά	φέτα féta
Русский	фе́та féta
العربية	فِيتَا fītā

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@misc{feta_2026,
  title = {feta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}