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dietitian

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /daɪəˈtɪʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D AY2 AH0 T IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies or practices dietetics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dietetician

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in the study of nutrition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dietician, nutritionist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser

History

Etymology

Irregular spelling of diet + -ician, probably influenced by dietetic.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: dietista — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲食學家 /饮食学家 (yǐnshíxuéjiā) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 營養學家 /营养学家 (yíngyǎngxuéjiā) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Czech: dietetik — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Finnish: ravitsemusterapeutti — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Finnish: dieteetikko — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • French: diététicien — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • French: diététicienne — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Galician: dietista — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Georgian: დიეტოლოგი (dieṭologi) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • German: Ernährungsberater — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • German: Ernährungsberaterin — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Greek: διαιτολόγος (diaitológos) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Hungarian: dietetikus — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Hungarian: táplálkozási tanácsadó — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Icelandic: næringarfræðingur — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Irish: bia-eolaí — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Irish: diaitéiteach — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Italian: dietologo — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Italian: dietologa — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Japanese: 栄養士 (eiyōshi) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Māori: mātanga kai — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Polish: dietetyk — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Polish: dietetyczka — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Romanian: dietetician — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Romanian: dieteticiană — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Russian: дието́лог (dijetólog) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Russian: диетвра́ч (dijetvráč) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Spanish: dietista — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Swedish: dietist — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Swedish: kostrådgivare — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Tagalog: dalubpagkain — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Tagalog: dalubpakain — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Turkish: diyetisyen — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Ukrainian: дієто́лог (dijetóloh) — person who studies or practices dietetics
  • Ukrainian: дієтологи́ня (dijetolohýnja) — person who studies or practices dietetics