feta

noun

fe·​ta ˈfe-tə How to pronounce feta (audio)
ˈfe-ˌtä
often capitalized
: a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine

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Shredded cheese, blue cheese, feta cheese and cooked vegetables were measured at temperatures outside the proper range. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Try adding them to a Mediterranean-style salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta. Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025 The olives and the feta in it along with it, that was amazing. Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025 Bowls also include sides such as chilled beets and feta, roasted sweet potatoes and carrots with lemon gremolata. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feta

Word History

Etymology

Modern Greek (tyri) pheta, from tyri cheese + pheta slice, from Italian fetta — more at fettuccine

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of feta was in 1915

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“Feta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feta. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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feta

noun
fe·​ta ˈfet-ə How to pronounce feta (audio)
ˈfe-ˌtä
: a white Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in salt water
Etymology

from modern Greek pheta "slice (of cheese)"

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