# dieta
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

dieta f (plural dietes)
* diet (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)
* diet (a controlled regimen of food and drink)

##### Related terms

* dietètic

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dieta f (plural dietes)
* 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, 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.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪjɛta]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

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

##### Related terms

* dietní

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

dieta f
* 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
### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “dieta¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “dieta²”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

## Interlingua
### Noun

dieta (plural dietas)
* diet

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (historical, Ancient Greece) a health regimen
* diet (controlled regimen of food and drink)
* (obsolete) fasting (abstinence from food)
    Synonym: digiuno
* (obsolete, figurative or humorous) abstinence
    Synonym: astinenza

##### 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)
* (historical) diet (assembly)
    Synonym: assemblea
* parliament
* (obsolete):
** day (24-hour period)
    Synonym: giornata
** per diem (daily allowance)
    Synonym: diaria

### References

* ↑ dieta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* dieta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* dieta$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* dieta$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

diēta f (genitive diētae); first declension
* medieval spelling of diaeta

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### 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: /ˈdjɛ.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛta
* Syllabification: die‧ta

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin diaeta.

#### Noun

dieta f (diminutive dietka)
* diet (food a person or animal consumes)
* diet (controlled regimen of food)
    Synonyms: jadłospis, menu

##### Related terms

* dietetyczny
* dietetycznie
* dietetyczka
* dietetyk
* dietetyka

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

dieta f
* per diem (daily allowance)

##### Related terms

* 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: /d͡ʒiˈɛ.tɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈɛ.tɐ/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒiˈɛ.ta/ [d͡ʒɪˈɛ.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒjɛ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdjɛ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
* Hyphenation: di‧e‧ta

### Noun

dieta f (plural dietas)
* diet (food a person or animal consumes)
* diet (controlled regimen of food)
* diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dieta.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* diet (the food and beverages a person or animal consumes)
* 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)
* diet (a council or assembly of leaders)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dieta
* inflection of dietar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10