dieta

See also: diéta, dietá, dietą, and dieťa

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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.

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)

Declension

Declension of dieta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	dieta	diety
genitive	diety	diet
dative	dietě	dietám
accusative	dietu	diety
vocative	dieto	diety
locative	dietě	dietách
instrumental	dietou	dietami

Related terms

• dietní

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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).

Declension

Declension of dieta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	dieta	diety
genitive	diety	diet
dative	dietě	dietám
accusative	dietu	diety
vocative	dieto	diety
locative	dietě	dietách
instrumental	dietou	dietami

Interlingua

Noun

dieta (plural dietas)

1. diet

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.ta/, /diˈɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: diè‧ta, di‧è‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dieta f (plural diete)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) a health regimen
2. diet (controlled regimen of food and drink)
3. (obsolete) fasting (abstinence from food)

   Synonym: digiuno

4. (obsolete, figurative or humorous) abstinence

   Synonym: astinenza

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dieta a punti
• dieta assoluta
• dieta dissociata
• dieta idrica
• dieta lattea
• dieta liquida
• dieta mediterranea

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin diaeta (“assembly”).

Noun

dieta f (plural diete)

1. (historical) diet (assembly)

   Synonym: assemblea

2. parliament
3. (obsolete):
   1. day (24-hour period)

      Synonym: giornata

   2. per diem (daily allowance)

      Synonym: diaria

Further reading

• dieta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• dieta¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• dieta² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Taide, Taïde, adite, deità, diate, edita, etadi, tedia, tiade

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: die‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin diaeta.

Noun

dieta f (diminutive dietka)

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

   Synonyms: jadłospis, menu

Related terms

adjectives

• dietetyczny

 

adverbs

• dietetycznie

 

nouns

• dietetyczka
• dietetyk
• dietetyka

 

Etymology 2

Internationalism; compare English diet, French diète, German Diät, ultimately from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (díaita).

Noun

dieta f

1. per diem (daily allowance)

Declension

Declension of dieta

	singular	plural
nominative	dieta	diety
genitive	diety	diet
dative	diecie	dietom
accusative	dietę	diety
instrumental	dietą	dietami
locative	diecie	dietach
vocative	dieto	diety

Related terms

nouns

• dietariusz

 

Further reading

• dieta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dieta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• dieta in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita). Doublet of diet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.tɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.tɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɛ.ta/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧e‧ta

Noun

dieta f (plural dietas)

1. diet (food a person or animal consumes)
2. diet (controlled regimen of food)
3. diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dieta.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjeta/ [ˈd̪je.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: die‧ta

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)

Derived terms

• dieta de Maduro
• dieta del cucurucho
• dieta mediterránea

 

Related terms

• dietético

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dieta

1. inflection of dietar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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