feta

[ fet-uh ]

noun
  1. a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.

Origin of feta

1
1935–40; <Modern Greek, short for tyrì phéta, equivalent to tyrí cheese (Greek tyrós) + phéta slice <Italian fetta (see fettuccine)

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feta

/ (ˈfɛtə) /


noun
  1. a white sheep or goat cheese popular in Greece

Origin of feta

1
Modern Greek, from the phrase turi pheta, from turi cheese + pheta, from Italian fetta a slice

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