Meanings
plural dietitians · alternative dietician
- A person who studies or practices dietetics.
The dietitian works with the client to develop meal planning that meets the client's needs based on healthy food choices.
2013, Nutrition for Nursing, Edition 5.0, Assessment Technologies Institute, page 142Synonyms: dietetician
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who studies or practices dietetics.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna specialist in the study of diet and nutrition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Irregular spelling of diet + -ician, probably influenced by dietetic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dietista
- dietistaperson who studies or practices dietetics
Chinese Mandarin 飲食學家 /饮食学家, 營養學家 /营养学家
- 飲食學家 /饮食学家 (yǐnshíxuéjiā)person who studies or practices dietetics
- 營養學家 /营养学家 (yíngyǎngxuéjiā)person who studies or practices dietetics
Czech dietetik
- dietetikperson who studies or practices dietetics
Finnish ravitsemusterapeutti, dieteetikko
- ravitsemusterapeuttiperson who studies or practices dietetics
- dieteetikkoperson who studies or practices dietetics
French diététicien, diététicienne
- diététicienperson who studies or practices dietetics
- diététicienneperson who studies or practices dietetics
German Ernährungsberater, Ernährungsberaterin
- Ernährungsberaterperson who studies or practices dietetics
- Ernährungsberaterinperson who studies or practices dietetics
Greek διαιτολόγος
- διαιτολόγος (diaitológos)person who studies or practices dietetics
Hungarian dietetikus, táplálkozási tanácsadó
- dietetikusperson who studies or practices dietetics
- táplálkozási tanácsadóperson who studies or practices dietetics
Icelandic næringarfræðingur
- næringarfræðingurperson who studies or practices dietetics
Irish bia-eolaí, diaitéiteach
- bia-eolaíperson who studies or practices dietetics
- diaitéiteachperson who studies or practices dietetics
Italian dietologo, dietologa
- dietologoperson who studies or practices dietetics
- dietologaperson who studies or practices dietetics
Japanese 栄養士
- 栄養士 (eiyōshi)person who studies or practices dietetics
Korean 영양사
- 영양사 (yeong'yangsa)person who studies or practices dietetics
Māori mātanga kai
- mātanga kaiperson who studies or practices dietetics
Polish dietetyk, dietetyczka
- dietetykperson who studies or practices dietetics
- dietetyczkaperson who studies or practices dietetics
Romanian dietetician, dieteticiană
- dieteticianperson who studies or practices dietetics
- dieteticianăperson who studies or practices dietetics
Russian дието́лог, диетвра́ч
- дието́лог (dijetólog)person who studies or practices dietetics
- диетвра́ч (dijetvráč)person who studies or practices dietetics
Spanish dietista
- dietistaperson who studies or practices dietetics
Swedish dietist, kostrådgivare
- dietistperson who studies or practices dietetics
- kostrådgivareperson who studies or practices dietetics
Tagalog dalubpagkain, dalubpakain
- dalubpagkainperson who studies or practices dietetics
- dalubpakainperson who studies or practices dietetics
Turkish diyetisyen
- diyetisyenperson who studies or practices dietetics
Ukrainian дієто́лог, дієтологи́ня
- дієто́лог (dijetóloh)person who studies or practices dietetics
- дієтологи́ня (dijetolohýnja)person who studies or practices dietetics
Cite this entry
dietitian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietitian
“dietitian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietitian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dietitian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dietitian.
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