Diet in Different Languages
Discover 'Diet' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Diet
Afrikaans dieet | ||
Albanian dieta | ||
Amharic አመጋገብ | ||
Arabic حمية | ||
Armenian դիետա | ||
Assamese খাদ্য | ||
Aymara juk'ak manq'aña | ||
Azerbaijani pəhriz | ||
Bambara erezimu | ||
Basque dieta | ||
Belarusian дыета | ||
Bengali ডায়েট | ||
Bhojpuri आहार | ||
Bosnian dijeta | ||
Bulgarian диета | ||
Catalan dieta | ||
Cebuano pagkaon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 饮食 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 飲食 | ||
Corsican dieta | ||
Croatian dijeta | ||
Czech strava | ||
Danish kost | ||
Dhivehi ޑައެޓް | ||
Dogri खराक | ||
Dutch eetpatroon | ||
English diet | ||
Esperanto dieto | ||
Estonian dieet | ||
Ewe nuɖuɖu ɖoɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) diyeta | ||
Finnish ruokavalio | ||
French régime | ||
Frisian dieet | ||
Galician dieta | ||
Georgian დიეტა | ||
German diät | ||
Greek διατροφή | ||
Guarani karuporã | ||
Gujarati આહાર | ||
Haitian Creole rejim alimantè | ||
Hausa rage cin abinci | ||
Hawaiian papaʻai | ||
Hebrew דִיאֵטָה | ||
Hindi आहार | ||
Hmong kev noj haus | ||
Hungarian diéta | ||
Icelandic mataræði | ||
Igbo nri | ||
Ilocano kanen | ||
Indonesian diet | ||
Irish aiste bia | ||
Italian dieta | ||
Japanese ダイエット | ||
Javanese panganan | ||
Kannada ಆಹಾರ | ||
Kazakh диета | ||
Khmer របបអាហារ | ||
Kinyarwanda indyo | ||
Konkani आहार | ||
Korean 다이어트 | ||
Krio lɛ yu bɔdi kam dɔŋ | ||
Kurdish parêz | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕجیمی خۆراک | ||
Kyrgyz диета | ||
Lao ຄາບອາຫານ | ||
Latin victu | ||
Latvian diēta | ||
Lingala bilei | ||
Lithuanian dietos | ||
Luganda ndya | ||
Luxembourgish diät | ||
Macedonian диета | ||
Maithili आहार | ||
Malagasy levitra | ||
Malay diet | ||
Malayalam ഡയറ്റ് | ||
Maltese dieta | ||
Maori kai | ||
Marathi आहार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯤꯟꯖꯥꯛ | ||
Mizo ei leh in | ||
Mongolian хоолны дэглэм | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အစားအစာ | ||
Nepali खाना | ||
Norwegian kosthold | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zakudya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡାଏଟ୍ | ||
Oromo akaakuu nyaataa | ||
Pashto خواړه | ||
Persian رژیم غذایی | ||
Polish dieta | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) dieta | ||
Punjabi ਖੁਰਾਕ | ||
Quechua dieta | ||
Romanian dietă | ||
Russian диета | ||
Samoan taumafataga | ||
Sanskrit आहार | ||
Scots Gaelic daithead | ||
Sepedi dijo | ||
Serbian дијета | ||
Sesotho lijo | ||
Shona kudya | ||
Sindhi کاڌو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආහාර | ||
Slovak strava | ||
Slovenian prehrana | ||
Somali cuntada | ||
Spanish dieta | ||
Sundanese diét | ||
Swahili mlo | ||
Swedish diet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagkain | ||
Tajik парҳез | ||
Tamil உணவு | ||
Tatar диета | ||
Telugu ఆహారం | ||
Thai อาหาร | ||
Tigrinya ኣመጋግባ | ||
Tsonga madyelo | ||
Turkish diyet | ||
Turkmen berhiz | ||
Twi (Akan) adidie | ||
Ukrainian дієта | ||
Urdu غذا | ||
Uyghur يېمەك-ئىچمەك | ||
Uzbek parhez | ||
Vietnamese chế độ ăn | ||
Welsh diet | ||
Xhosa ukutya | ||
Yiddish דיעטע | ||
Yoruba ounje | ||
Zulu ukudla |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "dieet" can also refer to a period of fasting for religious or dietary reasons. |
| Albanian | "Dietë" in Albanian is derived from the Greek "δίαιτα" meaning "manner of living" and can refer to both nutritional intake and overall lifestyle. |
| Amharic | The word "አመጋገብ" can also mean "fasting" or "abstinence" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word “حمية” is ultimately derived from the Greek “hygeia” meaning “health,” but also carries a religious and legal meaning in the context of fasting. |
| Armenian | The word "դիետա" (diet) in Armenian may refer to a medical course of treatment or a specific set of foods eaten. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "pəhriz" derives from the Persian word "parhez" and also means "abstinence" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | In Basque, "dieta" can also mean "gathering" or "assembly". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word дтыета comes from the Greek "diaita", which originally meant "way of life". |
| Bengali | ডায়েট এর প্রাচীন গ্রীক অর্থ "জীবনযাপন পদ্ধতি", এবং এটি প্রকৃতিকে বোঝাতেও ব্যবহৃত হতো |
| Bosnian | The word "dijeta" in Bosnian is derived from the Greek word "diaita", which means "way of life" or "regimen". |
| Bulgarian | The word "диета" derives from the Ancient Greek word "δίαιτα", which can also mean "lifestyle" or "regimen". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "dieta" can also refer to a "daily rate" or "stipend". |
| Cebuano | "Pagkaon" also means "food" and is related to the words "kaon" (to eat) and "pakaon" (to feed). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 饮食 in Chinese literally means "food and drink" and can also refer to a person's dietary habits. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Traditional Chinese characters "飲食" (飲食), meaning "food and beverage", also carry the connotation of "customs" or "rituals", as in "飲食風俗" (飲食風俗) "food and drink customs." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "dieta" also refers to a group of people assembled to discuss and make decisions, or a council. |
| Croatian | The word 'dijeta' in Croatian shares its origin with the English word 'diet', but in addition to meaning 'diet', it can also mean 'food' or 'meal'. |
| Czech | In Old Czech, the word "strava" also meant "food" and "nutrition". |
| Danish | "Kost" can also refer to "food" or "expenses" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "eetpatroon" (diet) refers specifically to a pattern of eating and drinking, rather than the deprivation of food. |
| Esperanto | Dieto derives from the Greek word “δίαιτα”, which originally meant “lifestyle” or “daily routine”, and only later came to refer specifically to food consumption habits. |
| Estonian | "Dieet" can also mean "food" or "meal" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | "Ruoakavalio" comes from the words "ruoka" (food) and "kavalio" (regimen) |
| French | The word "régime" in French originally meant "rule" or "government" and can still have this meaning in certain contexts. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "dieet" can also refer to a special meal given to a patient or livestock. |
| Galician | In Galician, 'dieta' also refers to a 'legislative assembly', likely originating from Medieval Latin 'dieta', meaning 'a day's work'. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "დიეტა" ("diet") also has the alternate meanings of "fast" or "abstinence from meat products" in Georgian. |
| German | In German, "Diät" can also refer to a special nutritional plan designed for specific medical conditions, such as diabetes or kidney disease. |
| Greek | The Greek word "διατροφή" originally meant "a way of life" and was only later associated with food and nutrition. |
| Gujarati | The word 'આહાર' can also refer to food or regimen. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word for 'diet', 'rejim alimantè', is based on the French word for 'regime', meaning 'system or method'. In Haiti, it specifically refers to a controlled diet. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'rage cin abinci' can also be translated as 'food intake' within the context of dietary management. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "papaʻai" also translates to "food" or "to feed." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "דִיאֵטָה" (diet) comes from the Greek word "δίαιτα," which originally meant "way of life" or "regimen." |
| Hindi | आहार (diet) is derived from Sanskrit, with its root word आ (ā), meaning 'toward', and हरण (haraṇa), meaning 'seizure', referring to the act of taking in or eating. |
| Hmong | 'Kev noj haus' literally means 'abstaining from fat', but it has evolved to refer to any type of diet. |
| Hungarian | "Diéta" comes from the Greek "diaita" meaning "mode of life". |
| Icelandic | Mataræði shares its root with 'matvæli' meaning 'food' and 'mata' which means 'to feed' in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The word 'nri' in Igbo language also means 'food' or 'sustenance' and it is derived from the verb 'iri' which means 'to eat'. |
| Indonesian | Diet derives from the Greek "diaita" meaning "mode of living". |
| Irish | The term "aiste bia" can also refer to a meal or a dish in Irish, not just a diet. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "dieta" can also refer to a legislative assembly or a meeting of experts. |
| Japanese | The word "ダイエット" (diet) in Japanese also refers to "a regimen to lose weight through exercise or dieting". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'panganan' can also refer to a meal or dish. |
| Kannada | The word "ಆಹಾರ" can also refer to food or nourishment in general. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "диета" can also refer to a "regime" or "system of nourishment" for livestock. |
| Khmer | The word "របបអាហារ" can also refer to a set of principles that govern how a person eats or drinks. |
| Korean | The Hanja used to write "다이어트" can also mean "food" or "to feed" |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "parêz" can also refer to a set of rules or guidelines that a person follows for health or religious reasons. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "диета" (diet) comes from the Greek word "δίαιτα" (way of life), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *di- (to live). |
| Lao | "ຄາບອາຫານ" is a Lao word borrowed from Thai. Its Thai origin means period or lesson, but in Lao it means diet or meal." |
| Latin | The Latin word victu could also refer to sustenance or provisions. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "diēta" also means "regime" or "lifestyle". |
| Lithuanian | The word "dietos" in Lithuanian also means "assembly" or a "gathering" |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish the word "Diät" can also mean "food regimen" or "prescription". |
| Macedonian | The word 'диета' ('diet') can also refer to the daily food regimen or the prescribed course of eating. |
| Malagasy | In Malgasy, the word "levitra" originally denoted "food prohibition" in a specific cultural context. |
| Malay | The Malay word "diet" comes from the Javanese word "diten", meaning "meal". |
| Malayalam | The word "ഡയറ്റ്" in Malayalam can also refer to a lifestyle or regimen, often specific to a particular group or community. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "dieta" is derived from the Italian word "dieta", which can mean both "diet" and "parliamentary session". |
| Maori | Although the word "kai" usually means "food" or "diet," it can also mean "meal" or "feast" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'आहार' in Marathi can also mean 'food' or 'sustenance'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хоолны дэглэм" derives from the Mongolian verb "хооллох" (to eat), and can also encompass dietary regimens followed for medical purposes. |
| Nepali | The word "खाना" in Nepali has multiple meanings, including "food", "meal", and "eating place". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian term "kosthold" also means "the art of enjoying food" and "feast". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zakudya" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also mean "lifestyle" or "eating habits". |
| Pashto | "خواړه" comes from the Middle Persian word "xwarāg" and also means "food". |
| Persian | In Persian, "رژیم غذایی" (rezhim-e-ghasayi) can mean a health and nutrition plan or a specific type of government. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "dieta" means "diet" or a "legislative assembly". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "dieta" can also refer to "regime" or "lifestyle". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਖੁਰਾਕ' (diet) in Punjabi also refers to a specific measure of weight (around 120 kilograms). |
| Romanian | "Dietă" originates from the Greek word "diaita" meaning "a way of life". |
| Russian | "Диета" также означает "условия и порядок кормления и содержания животных." |
| Samoan | The word "taumafataga" also means "nutrition" and "food" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, 'daithead' has an alternative meaning of 'to eat' and shares the same root with the Latin 'edere' ('to eat') and English 'edible'. |
| Serbian | The word "дијета" (diet) in Serbian can also mean "regime" or "lifestyle". |
| Sesotho | Sesotho 'lijo' has roots in the word for 'to fast', hence its alternative meaning: abstinence from food. |
| Shona | "Kudya" also refers to "the act of being eaten" or "a place to be eaten." |
| Sindhi | "کاڌو" is also used to refer to a traditional Sindhi dish made of lentils and rice. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "ආහාර" (āhāraya) is derived from the Sanskrit word "आहार" (āhāra), which means "that which is consumed or taken in". |
| Slovak | The word "strava" has Slavic origin and is also related to the words "stráv" meaning "meal" and "stráva" meaning "expense" or "cost". |
| Slovenian | In botany, "prehrana" also means "nutrition" or "feeding". |
| Somali | The word "cuntada" in Somali can also refer to "provisions for a journey" or a "military campaign". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "dieta" can also refer to a meeting of several people discussing religious or political matters. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "diét" also refers to the process of soaking rice to make rice cakes called "lontong". |
| Swahili | The word 'mlo' is also used to refer to the food consumed at a particular meal. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "diet" can also refer to the Riksdag (parliament), originating from the days when members received their pay in food allowances called "diet". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "pagkain" can also refer to food or sustenance rather than just a restrictive eating plan. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "парҳез" can also refer to "self-denial" or "abstinence". |
| Tamil | As a noun, உணவு can also mean "the process of eating or drinking" or "food or drink that sustains life" |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ఆహారం" can also refer to the food that is eaten during a meal. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "อาหาร" (diet) can also mean "food" or "nutrition". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'diyet' is derived from the Arabic word 'diya,' which means 'compensation' or 'payment,' reflecting the idea of balancing one's intake to maintain health. |
| Ukrainian | The word "дієта" has an alternative meaning as a special nutritional regime for people with specific medical conditions. |
| Urdu | The term "غذا" can also refer to nutrition, nourishment, or food. |
| Uzbek | "Parhez" in Uzbek can also mean abstinence or moderation, particularly in the context of food or drink. |
| Vietnamese | "Chế độ ăn" used to mean "food regimen" but now it also means "diet" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Welsh 'diet' (deiet) can also mean 'drink', 'refreshment' or 'food'. |
| Xhosa | "Ukutya" originally referred to food in general, but now more commonly means "diet" in English. |
| Yiddish | דיעטע can also mean a special kind of prayer that is said on a fast day. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'ounje' originally meant 'food', but over time it came to also mean 'diet'. |
| Zulu | The word "ukudla" in Zulu is related to the word "ukudla" in Xhosa, which means "to eat". |
| English | The word "diet" originally meant "a daily portion of food," and its medical meaning of "a regimen of food" arose from the idea of a daily allowance. |