FromMiddle English diet ,dyet ,diete , fromOld French diete , fromMedieval Latin dieta ( “ regimen, regulation; assembly ” ) , fromLatin diaeta , fromAncient Greek δίαιτα ( díaita ) .
diet (plural diets )
Thefood andbeverage a person or animal consumes.Thediet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.
2013 , Martin D Buckland, Lynda Hall, Alan Mowlem,A Guide to Laboratory Animal Technology , page56 :It is common policy to order no morediet than will be used within one month.
( countable ) Acontrolled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or loseweight or otherwise influencehealth .He's been on adiet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis.
( by extension ) Any habitualintake orconsumption .He's been reading a steadydiet of nonfiction for the last several years.
2021 February 3, Farhad Manjoo, “Can We Please Stop Talking About Stocks, Please?”, inThe New York Times [1] ,→ISSN :Last week the aging video game retailer emerged as the hottest stock on Wall Street, a story just unexpected and absurd enough to fill the new Trump-shaped void in our nation’s mediadiet .
food a person or animal consumes
Afrikaans:dieet (af) Albanian:dietë (sq) f Arabic:حِمْيَة f ( ḥimya ) ,حِمْيَة غِذَائِيَّة f ( ḥimya ḡiḏāʔiyya ) Armenian:սննդակարգ ( snndakarg ) ,դիետա (hy) ( dieta ) 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 ) ,吃喝 (zh) ( chīhē ) ,食物 (zh) ( shíwù ) Czech:strava (cs) f Danish:kost (da) c ,ernæring c ,næring (da) c ,føde (da) c ( animal ) ,kost (da) c ,føde (da) c Dutch:dieet (nl) n Finnish:ruokavalio (fi) French:diète (fr) f ,régime (fr) m Middle French:diete f Old French:diete f Galician:dieta (gl) f German:Ernährung (de) f ,Nahrung (de) f ,Speiseplan (de) m Greek:διατροφή (el) f ( diatrofí ) Ancient Greek:διαίτημα f ( diaítēma ) Hebrew:דִּיאֵטָה (he) f ( diéta ) Hungarian:táplálék (hu) ,étrend (hu) Icelandic:mataræði (is) n Interlingua:dieta Irish:aiste bia f ,réim bia f Italian:dieta (it) f Japanese:飲食 (ja) ( いんしょく, inshoku ) ,ダイエット (ja) ( daietto ) Javanese:diet Kazakh:емдәм (kk) ( emdäm ) Khmer:របប អាហារ ( rɔbɑɑp ʼaahaa ) ,អាហារ (km) ( ʼaahaa ) Korean:식단(食單) (ko) ( sikdan ) ,다이어트 (ko) ( daieoteu ) Lao:ອາຫານ (lo) ( ʼā hān ) Latin:victus (la) m Macedonian:и́схрана f ( íshrana ) ,дие́та f ( diéta ) Māori:whiringa kai Norwegian:Bokmål:diett (no) m ,ernæring (no) m or f ,næring m or f ,kosthold n Occitan:dièta (oc) f Persian:Iranian Persian:رِژیم (fa) ( režim ) ,رِژیمِ غِذایی ( režim-e ġezâyi ) 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:и̏схрана f ,хра́на f Latin:ȉshrana (sh) f ,hrána (sh) f Slovak:strava f Slovene:prehrana (sl) f Spanish:dieta (es) f Swedish:kost (sv) c ( human ) ,föda (sv) c ( animal ) Tamil:உணவு (ta) ( uṇavu ) Telugu:ఆహారం (te) ( āhāraṁ ) Thai:อาหาร (th) ( aa-hǎan ) Turkish:diyet (tr) Ottoman Turkish:پرھیز ( perhîz ) Turkmen:berhiz (tk) Ukrainian:діє́та f ( dijéta ) ,ї́жа (uk) f ( jíža ) Vietnamese:chế độ ăn uống
controlled regimen of food
Afrikaans:dieet (af) Albanian:dietë (sq) f Arabic:حِمْيَة f ( ḥimya ) ,نِظَام غِذَائِيّ m ( niẓām ḡiḏāʔiyy ) Egyptian Arabic:ريجيم m ( rījīm ) ,ريچيم m ( rījīm ) Gulf Arabic:رجيم m ( rijīm ) ,دايت m ( dāyt ) Hijazi Arabic:رَجيم m ( rajīm ) Armenian:սննդակարգ ( snndakarg ) ,դիետա (hy) ( dieta ) Azerbaijani:pəhriz Belarusian:дые́та f ( dyjéta ) Bulgarian:дие́та (bg) f ( diéta ) Catalan:dieta (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:節食 / 节食 (zh) ( jiéshí ) ,飲食療養 / 饮食疗养 (zh) ( yǐnshí liáoyǎng ) Czech:dieta (cs) f Danish:kur (da) c ,diæt c Dutch:dieet (nl) n Estonian:dieet Finnish:dieetti (fi) ,ruokavalio (fi) ( general ) ,laihdutuskuuri (fi) ( for losing weight ) French:régime (fr) m Galician:dieta (gl) f Georgian:დიეტა ( dieṭa ) German:Diät (de) f Greek:δίαιτα (el) f ( díaita ) ,διαιτολόγιο (el) n ( diaitológio ) Hebrew:דִּיאֵטָה (he) f ( diéta ) Hindi:आहार (hi) f ( āhār ) Hungarian:étrend (hu) ,( refraining from certain foods, especially at bowel complaints ) diéta (hu) ,( slimming diet ) fogyókúra (hu) Ido:dieto (io) Interlingua:dieta Irish:réim f ,réim bia f ,aiste bia f Italian:dieta (it) f Japanese:ダイエット (ja) ( daietto ) Kashubian:dieta f Kazakh:емдәм (kk) ( emdäm ) ,диета ( dieta ) Korean:다이어트 (ko) ( daieoteu ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:پارێز ( parêz ) Kyrgyz:диета (ky) ( diyeta ) Latin:diaeta f Latvian:diēta f Lithuanian:dieta f Macedonian:дие́та f ( diéta ) Māori:mahere kai ,mahere kai hauora Marathi:पथ्य f ( pathya ) Persian:Iranian Persian:رِژیم (fa) ( režim ) Polish:dieta (pl) f Portuguese:dieta (pt) f ,regime (pt) m Romanian:dietă (ro) f Russian:дие́та (ru) f ( dijéta ) ,режи́м пита́ния m ( režím pitánija ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:дије́та f Latin:dijéta (sh) f Slovak:diéta f Slovene:dieta (sl) f Spanish:dieta (es) f Swedish:bantning (sv) ,diet (sv) c Tajik:парҳез ( parhez ) Tamil:உணவு (ta) ( uṇavu ) Turkish:rejim (tr) Ottoman Turkish:پرھیز ( perhîz ) ,یمكدن صاقنمه ( yemekden saqınma ) ,قورنمه ( qūrunma ) Turkmen:berhiz (tk) Uzbek:diyeta (uz) ,parhez (uz) Vietnamese:chế độ ăn kiêng
diet (notcomparable )
( of afood orbeverage ) Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.diet soda1982 , Consumer Guide,Dieter's Complete Guide to Calories, Carbohydrates, Sodiums, Fats & Cholesterol , page18 :Many grocery chains offer premium-priced lean ordiet 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 thediet drink of the same brand roughly equals to the amount of sugar in the regular drink.
2010 ,Lonely Planet Peru ,→ISBN , page347 :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.
For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:diet . ( informal , figurative ) Having certain traits subtracted.Synonym: lite 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.
containing lower-than-normal amounts of calories
FromMiddle English dieten ,dyeten ,diȝeten , fromOld French dïeter andMedieval Latin diētāre .
diet (third-person singular simple present diets ,present participle dieting ,simple past and past participle dieted )
( intransitive ) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influencehealth .I've beendieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.
( transitive , dated ) To regulate thefood of (someone); to put on a diet.they willdiet themselves, feed and live alone. 1887 ,Medical Press and Circular , volume94 , page461 :When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he wasdieted , stimulated, and tonicked.
1920 ,Edward Carpenter ,Pagan and Christian Creeds , New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published1921 , page45 :As illustrating the belief that the Baptism by Blood was accompanied by a real regeneration of the devotee, Frazer quotes an ancient writer who says that for some time after the ceremony the fiction of a new birth was kept up bydieting the devotee onmilk , like a new-born babe.
( obsolete ) Toeat ; to take one's meals.1625 ,Francis [Bacon] , “Of Travel”, inThe Essayes [ … ] , 3rd edition, London: [ … ] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret,→OCLC :Let him[ …] diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth.
( obsolete , transitive ) To cause to take food; tofeed .c. 1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals) :But partly led todiet my revenge [ …] .
to regulate the food of someone
to modify one's food and beverage intake
to cause to take food; to feed
FromMiddle English diet ,dyet , fromOld French diete , fromMedieval Latin diēta ,diaeta ( “ a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey ” ) , fromAncient Greek δῐ́αιτα ( dĭ́aita ,“ way of living, living space; decision, judgement ” ) , influenced byLatin diēs ( “ day ” ) .
diet (plural diets )
( usually capitalized as a proper noun ) Acouncil orassembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.Alternative form: Diet the NationalDiet of Japan They were given representation in some importantdiet committees.
( Scotland ) A session of exams.Normally thediet begins towards the end of April.
“Coronavirus: School exam timetable could be put back next year”, inBBC News website [2] , BBC, 14 June 2020, retrieved23 June 20 ( Scots law ) Acriminal proceeding incourt .( Scotland ) Aclerical orecclesiastical function in Scotland.adiet of worship council of leaders
Arabic:بَرْلَمَان m ( barlamān ) ,مَجْلِس m ( majlis ) Chinese:Mandarin:議會 / 议会 (zh) ( yìhuì ) ,國會 / 国会 (zh) ( guóhuì ) Danish:parlament (da) n Dutch:parlement (nl) n ,rijksdag (nl) m ,landdag (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 ) Hebrew:דִּיאֶט m ( díet ) Hungarian:országgyűlés (hu) ,parlament (hu) ,( archaic in this sense ) diéta (hu) 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 ( sobranie ) Portuguese:dieta (pt) f Russian:парла́мент (ru) m ( parláment ) ,( Diet of Japan ) кокка́й m ( kokkáj ) ,сейм (ru) m ( sejm ) Swedish:dag (sv) c
Revival by Flemish nationalists ofMiddle Dutch diet ( “ people, folk ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *þeudu , fromProto-Germanic *þeudō , fromProto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ . CompareDiets ( “ Dutch, German ” ) .
diet n (uncountable ,nodiminutive )
( archaic ) folk ,people ( Belgium , archaic ) the combinedFlemish ,Dutch andAfrikaner people Internationalism ,borrowed fromEnglish diet , fromMiddle English diet ,dyet ,diete , fromOld French diete , fromMedieval Latin dieta ( “ regimen, regulation; assembly ” ) , fromLatin diaeta , fromAncient Greek δίαιτα ( díaita ) .
diét (plural diet -diet )
diet Synonym: pemakanan ( Malay ) diét
todiet Synonym: ( chiefly formal ) berdiet Derived fromEnglish date .
diet (plural diet dem ,quantified diet )
date diet (?? missing information ,1stconjugation ,present deju ,dej ,dej ,past deju )
todance ( archaic ) diet
contraction ofdie +dat contraction ofdie +het Borrowed fromMedieval Latin diēta ( “ daily allowance, regulation, daily order ” ) , fromAncient Greek δίαιτα ( díaita ) .
diet f
diet ,régime ;dieting Mutation ofdiet radical lenition nasalization diet diet pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ , later/ɣ(ʲ)-/ ndiet
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromProto-Samic *tietë .
( Kautokeino ) IPA (key ) : /ˈtie̯h(t)/ diet
that (near the listener)Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008 ),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages [3] , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland diet
simplepast andpast participle ofdie dīet
third-person singular present indicative ofdīedan Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish diet .Doublet ofdieta .
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈdaj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdaɪ̯.t͡ʃi] ,/ˈdaj.e.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdaɪ̯.e.t͡ʃi] ,( careful pronunciation ) /ˈdaj.et/ [ˈdaɪ̯.et] ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈdaj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdaɪ̯.t͡ʃi] ,/ˈdaj.e.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdaɪ̯.e.t͡ʃi] ,( careful pronunciation ) /ˈdaj.et/ [ˈdaɪ̯.et] ( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /ˈdaj.te/ [ˈdaɪ̯.te] ,/ˈdaj.e.te/ [ˈdaɪ̯.e.te] ,( careful pronunciation ) /ˈdaj.et/ [ˈdaɪ̯.et]
diet (invariable )
( offood orbeverage ) diet ( containing lower-than-normal amounts of calories ) Synonym: dietético FromOld French diete .
diet c
adiet leva på endiet av potatis och öl live on adiet of potatoes and beer FromChinese 鐵 (MC thet ).Doublet oflek andlik .
diet (1957–1982 spelling diet )
iron ( metal ) Synonyms: ( dialectal ) lek ,( dialectal ) lik ,( dialectal ) faz