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dyet

dyet is the archaic spelling of diet.

Noun

dyet (plural dyets)

  1. Synonym of d with stroke (“Đ/đ”).
    • The uppercase eth is the same as the uppercase dyet, but the lowercase forms are not interchangeable, and the letters represent quite different sounds.1992, Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style, page 221
    • dyet
      Additional Latin letter used in Serbo-Croatian and Vietnamese. See also eth. [U+0111, U+0110]2009, Theodore Rosendorf, Ellen Lupton, The Typographic Desk Reference, page 75
    Synonyms:
    d with stroke
  2. Symbol of inexact differential (đ).

Meaning of diet

Noun (1)

diet (plural diets)

  1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
    • The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.
  2. (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
    • He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis.
  3. (broadly) Any habitual intake or consumption.
    • He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.

Noun (2)

diet (plural diets)

  1. (capitalized, usually) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
    • the National Diet of Japan
  2. (Scotland) A session of exams.
    • Normally the diet begins towards the end of April.2020 June 14, “Coronavirus: School exam timetable could be put back next year”, in BBC News website, BBC, retrieved 23 Apr 2026
  3. (Scots law) A criminal proceeding in court.

See all 13 meanings of diet

Synonyms of dyet

  • d with stroke

Forms of dyet

pluraldyets

Questions about dyet

What does dyet mean?
Dyet means synonym of d with stroke (“Đ/đ”).
What is dyet the archaic spelling of?
Dyet is the archaic spelling of diet.
What part of speech is dyet?
Dyet is a noun.
What is the plural of dyet?
The plural of dyet is dyets.

Words near dyet in the dictionary

  1. dyest
  2. dyester
  3. dyesters
  4. dyestuff
  5. dyestuffs
  6. dyet
  7. dyeth
  8. dyets
  9. Dyeus
  10. dyewater
  11. dyewaters

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