φέτα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fetta (“slice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ta/

Noun

φέτα • (féta) f (plural φέτες)

slice
Μπορείτε να φάτε μία φέτα άσπρου ψωμιού.
Boreíte na fáte mía féta ásprou psomioú.
You can eat a slice of white bread.
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