dieta

See also: diéta, dietá, and dieťa

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita, “way of life”).

Noun

dieta f (plural dietes)

1. diet (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
2. diet (a controlled regimen of food and drink)

Related terms

• dietètic

Etymology 2

Noun

dieta f (plural dietes)

1. diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

Further reading

• “dieta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dieta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dieta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dieta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjɛta]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Diät, from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).

Noun

dieta f

1. diet (a controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health)

Related terms

• dietní

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin dieta (“daily wage”) from Latin diēs (“day”).

Noun

dieta f

1. per diem (specific amount of money that an organization gives an individual per day to cover living and traveling expenses in connection with work done away from home or on tour)

Usage notes

Used mainly in plural (diety).

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Interlingua

Noun

dieta (plural dietas)

1. diet

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Italian

Noun

dieta f (plural diete)

1. diet (all senses)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dieta a punti
• dieta assoluta
• dieta dissociata
• dieta idrica

• dieta lattea
• dieta liquida
• dieta mediterranea

Anagrams

• adite
• deità
• diate
• edita
• etadi
• tedia

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈeː.ta/, [d̪iˈeːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈe.ta/, [d̪iˈɛːt̪ä]

Noun

diēta f (genitive diētae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of diaeta

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diēta	diētae
Genitive	diētae	diētārum
Dative	diētae	diētīs
Accusative	diētam	diētās
Ablative	diētā	diētīs
Vocative	diēta	diētae

References

• dieta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Noun

dieta f (plural s)

1. diet (food a person or animal consumes)
2. diet (controlled regimen of food)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dieta.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjeta/ [ˈd̪je.t̪a]

Etymology 1

From Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita, “way of life”).

Noun

dieta f (plural dietas)

1. diet (the food and beverages a person or animal consumes)
2. diet (a controlled regimen of food and drink)

Related terms

• dietético

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin dieta "day's work, wages" and also "meeting of councilors", from Latin diaeta (“prescribed way of life”).

Noun

dieta f (plural dietas)

1. diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

Further reading

• “dieta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014