feta

noun

fe·​ta ˈfe-tə 

ˈfe-ˌtä

variants often Feta

: a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine

Examples of feta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The latter was stored inside the feta cheese container. —Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025

Remember one of 2021’s biggest TikTok food trends, baked feta pasta? —Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025

During her cooking demo with King, the two stars prepared chicken sliders with homemade pimento cheese, a collard salad massaged with a vinaigrette made by the dynamic duo, topped with carrot ribbons, honeycrisp apples, orange wheels and feta cheese. —Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025

Salads come with a choice of the same proteins, with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, olives, feta and pita. —Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Modern Greek (tyri) pheta, from tyri cheese + pheta slice, from Italian fetta — more at fettuccine

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

feta

noun

fe·​ta ˈfet-ə 

ˈfe-ˌtä

: a white Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in salt water

Etymology

from modern Greek pheta "slice (of cheese)"