diet

See also: Diet, diệt, diët, and DIET

English

Alternative forms

• diët (rare)

Etymology

From Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“daily allowance, regulation, daily order”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪət/
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  Audio (US):

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aɪət

Noun

diet (plural diets)

2. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

   The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.

   • 2013, Martin D Buckland, ‎Lynda Hall, ‎Alan Mowlem, A Guide to Laboratory Animal Technology, page 56:

     It is common policy to order no more diet than will be used within one month.

3. (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
4. By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.

   He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.

5. (countable, usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

   They were given representation of some important diet committees.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dietarian
• dietary

• dieter
• dietetics

Translations

food a person or animal consumes

• Afrikaans: dieet
• Albanian: dietë (sq) f
• Azerbaijani: pəhriz
• Belarusian: дые́та f (dyjéta), е́жа f (jéža)
• Bulgarian: дие́та (bg) f (diéta), хра́на (bg) f (hrána)
• Catalan: dieta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飲食／饮食 (zh) (yǐnshí), 饮食 (zh) (yǐnshí), 吃喝 (zh) (chīhē), 食物 (zh) (shíwù)

• Czech: strava (cs) f
• Dutch: dieet (nl) n
• Finnish: ruokavalio (fi)
• French: régime (fr)

  Middle French: diete f

  Old French: diete f

• Galician: dieta (gl) f
• German: Ernährung (de) f, Nahrung (de) f
• Greek: διατροφή (el) f (diatrofí)
• Hebrew: דִּיאֵטָה (he) f (diéta)
• Interlingua: dieta
• Italian: dieta (it) f
• Japanese: 飲食 (ja) (いんしょく, inshoku)
• Javanese: diet
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: របបអាហារ (rɔbɑɑp aahaa)
• Korean: 다이어트 (ko) (daieoteu)
• Lao: ອາຫານ (lo) (ʼā hān)
• Latin: victus (la) m
• Macedonian: и́схрана f (íshrana), дие́та f (diéta)
• Maori: whiringa kai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diett (no) m, ernæring (no) m or f, næring m or f, kosthold n

• Persian: رژیم (fa) (režim)
• Polish: dieta (pl) f
• Portuguese: dieta (pt) f
• Russian: рацио́н (ru) f (ración), дие́та (ru) f (dijéta), пита́ние (ru) n (pitánije), пи́ща (ru) f (píšča), стол (ru) m (stol), еда́ (ru) f (jedá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: исхрана f, храна f

  Roman: ȉshrana (sh) f, hrána (sh) f

• Spanish: dieta (es) f
• Swedish: kost (sv) c (human), föda (sv) c (animal)
• Tamil: உணவு (ta) (uṇavu)
• Telugu: ఆహారం (te) (āhāraṁ)
• Turkish: perhiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: діє́та f (dijéta), ї́жа (uk) f (jíža)
• Vietnamese: chế độ ăn uống

controlled regimen of food

• Afrikaans: dieet
• Albanian: dietë (sq) f
• Arabic: حِمْيَة f (ḥimya), نِظَام غِذَائِيّ m (niẓām ḡiḏāʔiyy)
• Azerbaijani: pəhriz
• Belarusian: дые́та f (dyjéta)
• Bulgarian: дие́та (bg) f (diéta)
• Catalan: dieta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節食／节食 (zh) (jiéshí), 节食 (zh) (jiéshí), 飲食療養／饮食疗养 (zh) (yǐnshí liáoyǎng), 饮食疗养 (zh) (yǐnshí liáoyǎng)

• Czech: dieta (cs) f
• Dutch: dieet (nl) n
• Finnish: dieetti (fi), ruokavalio (fi) (general), laihdutuskuuri (fi) (for losing weight)
• French: régime (fr)
• Galician: dieta (gl) f
• German: Diät (de) f
• Greek: δίαιτα (el) f (díaita), διαιτολόγιο (el) n (diaitológio)
• Hebrew: דִּיאֵטָה (he) f (diéta)
• Hindi: आहार (hi) f (āhāra)
• Hungarian: diéta (hu)
• Ido: dieto (io)
• Interlingua: dieta
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: réim f, réim bia f
• Italian: dieta (it) f
• Japanese: ダイエット (ja) (daietto)
• Kashubian: dieta f
• Korean: 다이어트 (ko) (daieoteu)
• Macedonian: дие́та f (diéta)
• Maori: mahere kai, mahere kai hauora
• Marathi: पथ्य f (pathya)
• Persian: رژیم (fa) (režim)
• Polish: dieta (pl) f
• Portuguese: dieta (pt) f, regime (pt) m
• Russian: дие́та (ru) f (dijéta), режи́м пита́ния m (režím pitánija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијета f

  Roman: dijéta (sh) f

• Slovak: diéta f
• Spanish: dieta (es)
• Swedish: bantning (sv), diet (sv) c
• Tamil: உணவு (ta) (uṇavu)
• Turkish: perhiz (tr)
• Vietnamese: chế độ ăn kiêng

habitual consumption

• Bulgarian: дие́та (bg) f (diéta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kulutus (fi)
• German: Kost (de) f
• Greek: δίαιτα (el) f (díaita)
• Italian: dieta (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: дие́та f (diéta)
• Portuguese: dieta (pt) f
• Russian: дие́та (ru) f (dijéta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијета f

  Roman: dijéta (sh) f

council of leaders

• Arabic: بَرْلَمَان m (barlamān), مَجْلِس m (majlis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 議會／议会 (zh) (yìhuì), 议会 (zh) (yìhuì), (Diet of Japan) 國會／国会 (zh) (guóhuì), 国会 (zh) (guóhuì)

• Dutch: parlement (nl) n, rijksdag (nl) m
• Finnish: valtiopäivät (fi) pl
• French: (Diet of Japan) Diète (fr) f, parlement (fr) m
• German: Versammlung (de) f, Parlament (de) n, (Diet of Japan) Kokkai n, Tag (de) m
• Greek: δίαιτα (el) f (díaita), συνέλευση (el) f (synélefsi), σύνοδος (el) f (sýnodos), βουλή (el) f (voulí)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: דִּיאֶט m (díet)
• Ido: dieto (io)
• Italian: dieta (it) f
• Japanese: 議会 (ja) (ぎかい, gikai), 国会 (ja) (こっかい, kokkai)
• Macedonian: собрание n (sobránie)
• Portuguese: dieta (pt) f
• Russian: парла́мент (ru) m (parláment), (Diet of Japan) кокка́й m (kokkáj)

Verb

diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted)

1. (transitive) To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, I.iii.1.2:

     they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.

   • Spenser

     She diets him with fasting every day.

2. (intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.

   I've been dieting for six months, and have lost some weight.

3. (obsolete) To eat; to take one's meals.
   • Francis Bacon

     Let him […] diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to take food; to feed.
   • Othello

     But partly led to diet my revenge […].

Translations

to regulate the food of someone

• Finnish: ruokkia (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to modify one's food and beverage intake

• Finnish: noudattaa ruokavaliota; laihduttaa (fi) (specifically with the aim of reducing one's weight)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatiki (to reduce weight)

to take one's meals

• Finnish: ruokailla (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to cause to take food; to feed

• Finnish: syöttää (fi), ruokkia (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Adjective

diet (not comparable)

1. (of a food or beverage) Containing lower-than-normal amounts of fat, salt, sugar, and/or calories, or claimed to have such.

   diet soda

   • 1982, Consumer Guide, Dieter's Complete Guide to Calories, Carbohydrates, Sodiums, Fats & Cholesterol, page 18:

     Many grocery chains offer premium-priced lean or diet hamburger; but the fat content is usually at least 10 percent, sometimes 15 percent or more.

   • 1998, Andy Sae, Chemical Magic from the Grocery Store:

     The difference in weight (mass) of the regular and the diet drink of the same brand roughly equals to the amount of sugar in the regular drink.

   • 2010, Lonely Planet Peru →ISBN, page 347:

     Diet Light (Pizarro 724; snacks S2-7; 9:30am-10pm)
     This perennially busy place serves not-very-diet, but yummy nonetheless, ice cream (S2 to S5) and whopping servings of mixed fruit (S3) – with ice cream.

   • (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For more quotations using this term, see Citations:diet.
2. (figurative) Having the questionable traits subtracted.

   You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.

Translations

containing lower-than-normal amounts of calories

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vähäkalorinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: diétás (hu)
• Portuguese: diet (pt)
• Russian: диети́ческий (ru) (dijetíčeskij)

Anagrams

• -tide, dite, edit, edit., tide, tied

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Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Noun

diet n (plural dieten, diminutive dietje n)

1. people, folk
2. person

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Latvian

Verb

diet (?? missing information, 1st conjugation, present deju, dej, dej, past deju)

1. to dance (archaic)

Declension

conjugation of diet

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	deju	deju	diešu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	dej	deji	diesi	dej
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	dej	deja	dies	lai dej
1st pers. pl.	mēs	dejam	dejām	diesim	diesim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	dejat	dejāt	diesiet, diesit	dejiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	dej	deja	dies	lai dej
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	dejot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		dejošs
Past	esot dejis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		diedams
Future	diešot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		dejot
Imperative	lai dejot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		dejam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		dejis
Present	dietu		Present Passive		dejams
Past	būtu dejis		Past Passive		diets
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jādej		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		diet
Conjunctive 1	esot jādej		Negative Infinitive		nediet
Conjunctive 2	jādejot		Verbal noun		diešana

Synonyms

• dejot
• dancot
• griezt danci
• pamest līku kāju

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Middle Dutch

Contraction

diet

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Contraction of die dat.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Contraction of die het.

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tietë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtie̯h(t)/

Determiner

diet

1. that (near the listener)

Inflection

Pronominal inflection
Nominative	diet
Genitive	dien
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diet	diet
Accusative	dien	dieid
Genitive	dien	dieid
Illative	diesa	dieidda
Locative	dies	diein
Comitative	dieinna	dieiguin
Essive	dienin

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diēta (“daily allowance, regulation, daily order”), from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).

Noun

diet f

1. diet, régime; dieting

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
diet	diet pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndiet
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English diet.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈdajt͡ʃ/

Adjective

diet (invariable)

1. (of food or beverage) diet (containing lower-than-normal amounts of calories)

Related terms

• dieta

See also

• light

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Swedish

Noun

diet c

1. a diet

Declension

Declension of diet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	diet	dieten	dieter	dieterna
Genitive	diets	dietens	dieters	dieternas

Related terms

• dietist
• dietspecialist

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Zhuang

Etymology

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /tiːt˧˥/
• Tone numbers: diet⁷
• Hyphenation: diet

Noun

diet (1957–1982 spelling diet)

1. iron (metal)