fetta

fetta (countable and uncountable, plural fettas)

1. Alternative spelling of feta

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛhta/
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

fetta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fetti, supine fett)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to bend backwards

• fetta sig
• fetta sig og bretta
• fetta fingur út í

Uncertain; several possibilities exist. Probably ultimately from Latin findere, through an alteration of its past participle fissus into a form *fictus > *fectus, later becoming feminine. (Compare the change from fixus to fitto). An alternative may be a Vulgar Latin *offetta (“little piece”), diminutive of offa. Compare Galician and Portuguese fita, Dalmatian fiata, Sicilian feḍḍa, Sardinian fitta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: fét‧ta

fetta f (plural fette)

1. slice (of meat, cake, etc)
2. piece

• affettare
• fetta biscottata

• Greek: φέτα (féta)
  • → English: feta
  • → Finnish: feta
  • → German: Feta
  • → Polish: feta
  • → Portuguese: feta
  • → Russian: фе́та f (féta)
  • → Swedish: feta
  • → Turkish: feta
• Serbo-Croatian: feta

• fatte

Root
f-t-t
4 terms

From Arabic فَتَّة (fatta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛt.ta/

fetta f (plural fetet)

1. a slice (of bread, ham, etc)