Standard Lemma guide

diuretic

adj · noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛtɪk
  • homophone: diarrhetic
  • homophone: diaeretic
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY2 UW0 R EH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug

Narrower terms: chlorthalidone, Hygroton, Thalidone, ethacrynic acid, Edecrin, furosemide, Lasix, indapamide, Lozal, mannitol, Osmitrol, thiazide

History

Etymology

From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: мачаго́нны (mačahónny) — increasing urination
  • Belarusian: дыўрэты́чны (dywretýčny) — increasing urination
  • Catalan: diürètic — increasing urination
  • Chinese Cantonese: 利尿 (lei6 niu6) — increasing urination
  • Chinese: 利尿 (zh-min-nan) — increasing urination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利尿 (lìniào) — increasing urination
  • Czech: diuretické — increasing urination
  • Czech: močopudné — increasing urination
  • Finnish: diureettinen — increasing urination
  • French: diurétique — increasing urination
  • Middle French: diuretique — increasing urination
  • Old French: diuretique — increasing urination
  • Galician: diurético — increasing urination
  • German: harntreibend — increasing urination
  • German: diuretisch — increasing urination
  • Greek: διουρητικός (diouritikós) — increasing urination
  • Ancient Greek: διουρητικός (diourētikós) — increasing urination
  • Hungarian: vízhajtó — increasing urination
  • Māori: whakamimi — increasing urination
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vanndrivende — increasing urination
  • Polish: moczopędny — increasing urination
  • Polish: diuretyczny — increasing urination
  • Portuguese: diurético — increasing urination
  • Romanian: diuretic — increasing urination
  • Russian: мочего́нный (močegónnyj) — increasing urination
  • Russian: диурети́ческий (diuretíčeskij) — increasing urination
  • Spanish: diurético — increasing urination
  • Turkish: diüretik — increasing urination
  • Ukrainian: сечогі́нний (sečohínnyj) — increasing urination
  • Ukrainian: діурети́чний (diuretýčnyj) — increasing urination
  • Chinese Cantonese: 利尿劑 /利尿剂 (lei6 niu6 zai1) — drug
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利尿劑 /利尿剂 (lìniàojì) — drug
  • Czech: diuretikum — drug
  • Dutch: diureticum — drug
  • Finnish: diureetti — drug
  • French: diurétique — drug
  • Middle French: diuretique — drug
  • Old French: diuretique — drug
  • Galician: diurético — drug
  • German: harntreibendes Mittel — drug
  • German: Diuretikum — drug
  • Greek: διουρητικό (diouritikó) — drug
  • Hungarian: vízhajtó — drug
  • Japanese: 利尿薬 (rinyōyaku) — drug
  • Korean: 이뇨제 (inyoje) — drug
  • Korean: 리뇨제 (rinyoje) — drug
  • Māori: rongoā whakamimi — drug
  • Polish: diuretyna — drug
  • Portuguese: diurético — drug
  • Russian: мочего́нное (močegónnoje) — drug
  • Russian: диуре́тик (diurétik) — drug
  • Turkish: diüretik — drug