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dietary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a prescribed diet; (generally), relating to what a person or animal eats.
   • If you have any dietary requirements, please inform the kitchen staff.
2. (not-comparable) Comprising a food source.
   • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Deriveds

palaeodietary · paleodietary · nondietary · dietary fiber · predietary · ethnodietary · dietary supplement · dietary indiscretion · dietarily · dietary fibre

Translations (33)

es alimentario (of, or relating to diet) · ru диети́ческий (of, or relating to diet) · sv dietisk (of, or relating to diet) · de diätisch (of, or relating to diet) · fr alimentaire (of, or relating to diet) · it alimentare (of, or relating to diet) · sv diet- (of, or relating to diet) · hu diétás (of, or relating to diet) · es alimenticio (of, or relating to diet) · bn পরহেজী (of, or relating to diet) · pt dietético (of, or relating to diet) · fi ruokavalio- (of, or relating to diet) · da diæt- (of, or relating to diet) · it dietetico (of, or relating to diet) · vi chế độ ăn uống (of, or relating to diet) · ca dietètic (of, or relating to diet) · fr diététique (of, or relating to diet) · da diætetisk (of, or relating to diet) · hu étrendi (of, or relating to diet) · nl diëtair (of, or relating to diet) · bg диетичен (of, or relating to diet) · be дыеты́чны (of, or relating to diet) · ia dietari (of, or relating to diet) · fi ruokailu- (of, or relating to diet) · fi ruoka- (of, or relating to diet) · uk дієти́чний (of, or relating to diet) · el διατροφικός (of, or relating to diet) · tr diyetli (of, or relating to diet) · da kost- (of, or relating to diet) · es dietético (of, or relating to diet) · pl dietetyczny (of, or relating to diet) · he תזונתי (of, or relating to diet) · hu étkezési (of, or relating to diet)

dietary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diētārium (“book prescribing diet”), from Latin diaeta (“diet”).

Meanings

1. A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations.
   • In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:
   • [H]er lassitude was such that she hardly cared to feed herself; yet she managed to consume five or six times a normal dietary. 1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 219:
2. A prescribed meal plan setting out how the inhabitants of an institution (such as a prison, hospital etc.) should be fed, and on what foods.
   • I cannot speak with any confidence of the pre-war dietary of asylum patients, which no doubt differs widely in different asylums. 1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 119:
   • “Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble. 1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 30:

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