feta
A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from GreeceA variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
» Feta cheese is high in salt.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
Feta
фе́таféta
Examples
10 sentencesFeta cheese is high in salt.
Black olives and feta cheese adorned the salad.
Black olives and feta cheese made a delicious salad.
Black olives and feta cheese make a tasty combination.
Do you think this salad would go better with feta or blue cheese?
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).
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Forms
plural: fetasSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.