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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-diet.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�t|-aɪ�t

Etymology
From OF. diete, from ML. dieta.
From ML. dieta.

Noun
en-noun

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

#:The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.

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

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

1. countable A council or assembly of leaders.

Derived terms
dietarian
dietary
dieter
dietetics

Translations
trans-top|food a person or animal consumes
Czech: strava f
French: régime
German: Ernährung f, Nahrung f
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Italian: dieta f
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trans-top|controlled regimen of food
Finnish: dieetti
French: régime
German: Diät f
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Hebrew: ����� (di'et'a) f
Italian: dieta f
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trans-top|habitual consumption
German: Kost f
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Italian: dieta f
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trans-top|council of leaders
German: Versammlung f, Parlament n
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Italian: dieta f
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Verb
en-verb

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

Anagrams
edit
tide
tied

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