feta

F4E1T1A1
/ˈfɛtə/

noun

A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

Similar
feta cheesefetta cheese
OriginGreek φέτα ← Italian fetta →
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Meanings

nounfeta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

plural fetas · alternative fetta

  1. countableuncountableA 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.

    2025 November 3, Julia Belluz, “The French Secret to Eating Healthy? Prepared Food and Frozen Dinners.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025

    Synonyms: feta cheese, fetta cheese

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

Similar
feta cheesefetta cheese

Origin

  1. Italianfetta“slice”
  2. Greekφέτα
  3. Englishfeta

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

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Translations

Arabic فِيتَا
  • فِيتَا (fītā)a variety of curd cheese
Catalan feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Danish feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Dutch feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Finnish feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
French feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
German Feta
  • Fetaa variety of curd cheese
Greek φέτα
  • φέτα (féta)a variety of curd cheese
Japanese フェタチーズ
  • フェタチーズ (feta chīzu)a variety of curd cheese
Māori wheta
  • whetaa variety of curd cheese
Persian فتا, پنیر فتا
  • فتا (fetâ)a variety of curd cheese
  • پنیر فتا (panir-e fetâ)a variety of curd cheese
Polish feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Portuguese feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Russian фе́та
  • фе́та (féta)a variety of curd cheese
Spanish feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
Swedish feta, fetaost
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese
  • fetaosta variety of curd cheese
Thai เฟตา
  • เฟตาa variety of curd cheese
Turkish feta
  • fetaa variety of curd cheese

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with feta

metadebtorzetaMariettarosettaLorettaPetaHenriettavendettaEttabettagetterpetterwetavetternetterQuettabruschettabettorIsletaLaurettaCaltanissettaariettaabettor
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Sounds the same

fetter (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

fatefeatTAFEatef
Cite this entry
APA

feta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feta

MLA

“feta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feta.

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