| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fet·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f t  , f t |
| NOUN: | A white semisoft cheese usually made of goat's or ewe's milk and often preserved in brine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Modern Greek (turi) pheta, (cheese) slice, from Italian fetta, slice, from *offetta, diminutive of *offa, from Latin offa, morsel of food.
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