dieta

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

dieta f (plural dietes)

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

• dietètic

dieta f (plural dietes)

1. diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

• “dieta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dieta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪjɛta]

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Borrowed from German Diät, from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).^[1]

dieta f

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dieta (“daily wage”) from Latin diēs (“day”).^[2]

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)

Used mainly in plural (diety).

dieta (plural dietas)

1. diet

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.ta/, /diˈɛ.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: diè‧ta, di‧è‧ta

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

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

From Medieval Latin diaeta (“assembly”).

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

• 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

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [diˈeː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪iˈɛː.t̪a]

diēta f (genitive diētae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of diaeta

First-declension noun.

• "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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: die‧ta

Learned borrowing from Latin diaeta.

dieta f (diminutive dietka)

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

   Synonyms: jadłospis, menu

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

dieta f

1. per diem (daily allowance)

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧e‧ta

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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dieta.

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

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

dieta f (plural dietas)

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

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

dieta f (plural dietas)

1. diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dieta

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

• “dieta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024