fetaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• fetta

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈfɛtə/
• 韻: -ɛtə
• Homophone: fetter (non-rhotic)

名詞

feta (countable and uncountable, plural fetas)

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

同意語

• feta cheese, fetta cheese

アナグラム

• TAFE, Fate, TFAE, EFTA, atef, feat, fate, feat.

語源 1

Substantivization of the feminine of fētus (“having recently given birth”). Found in Classical Latin in senses 1 and 2.

名詞

fēta f (genitive fētae); first declension

1. woman or female animal that has just given birth
2. mother-sheep
3. (Early Medieval Latin) sheep

派生した語

語源 2

動詞

fētā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fētō

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