dietary

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dietary

/ˈdaɪət(ə)ɹi/ UK
/ˈdaɪəˌtɛɹi/ US

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

noun dietaries

A regulated diet that excludes or constrains certain types of food, especially for health reasons; also, a book or similar setting out such regulations. [H]er lassitude was such that she hardly cared to feed herself; yet she managed to consume five or six times a normal dietary.
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. “Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten the supper allotted by the dietary?” “He did, sir,” replied Bumble.

adjective

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.
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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dietetic, dietetical, diet, dietetics, alimentary, nutritious, nutritional, nourishment, nutrient, edible, nutrition, food, foodstuff, eating, feed, feeding

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adj of, or relating to diet

Español	dietético, alimentario, alimenticio
Português	dietético
Français	diététique, alimentaire
Deutsch	diätisch
Italiano	dietetico, alimentare
Ελληνικά	διατροφικός diatrofikós
Русский	диети́ческий dijetíčeskij
Tiếng Việt	chế độ ăn uống
עברית	תזונתי tzunatí

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@misc{dietary_2026,
  title = {dietary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dietary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}