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menu

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnjuː/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnju/
  • (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjuː

Noun

menu (plural menus)

  1. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
  2. A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.
  3. The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
  4. (computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface
  5. A list or agenda.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: menu
  • Gulf Arabic: منيو (minyu)
  • Japanese: メニュー
  • Thai: เมนู (mee-nuu)
  • Tok Pisin: menyu

Translations

Verb

menu (third-person singular simple present menus, present participle menuing, simple past and past participle menued)

  1. (transitive, rare) To include (something) in a menu.

See also

  • Appendix:Menus

Further reading

  • menu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • menu (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • MUNE, enum, neum

Afrikaans

Noun

menu (plural menu's)

  1. menu

Cebuano

Etymology

From English menu, from French menu. Doublet of minuto and menudo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu

  1. a bill of fare
  2. a menu; a list of dishes offered in a restaurant
  3. a computer menu

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:menu.

Chamicuro

Noun

menu

  1. tongue

Chinese

Etymology

From English menu.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) menu

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnu]

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

  1. menu
    denní menudaily menu
    uživatelské menuuser menu

Further reading

  • menu in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • menu in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • menu in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈny/, [meˈny]

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

  1. menu (all senses)

Inflection

Further reading

  • menu on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈny/
  • Hyphenation: me‧nu
  • Rhymes: -y

Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuutje n)

  1. menu
    Synonyms: kaart, menukaart, spijskaart
  2. (computing) menu

Derived terms

  • driegangenmenu
  • hoofdmenu
  • kindermenu
  • menukaart
  • vegamenu
  • verrassingsmenu
  • viergangenmenu

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish meno.

Noun

menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)

  1. success, popularity

Declension

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • menyy

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenyː/, [ˈme̞nyː]

Noun

menu

  1. menu, bill of fare (details of the food to be served at a banquet)
    Synonyms: menukortti, menyy
  2. Synonym of ruokalista (menu) (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)
  3. (computing) Synonym of valikko (menu) (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

Declension

Compounds

Further reading

  • menu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • emun

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus (minute, tiny). Doublet of minute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.ny/

Adjective

menu (feminine menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)

  1. slim, small, fine
  2. minor, trifling

Derived terms

  • les briser menues
  • menuet
  • menu fretin
  • par le menu
  • par le menu détail

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

  1. detailed list
  2. menu; a set meal on a menu

Derived terms

  • menu du jour
  • menu gastronomique

Descendants

Further reading

  • “menu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • menù

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈnu/*
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

  1. menu

Anagrams

  • nume

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɛˈn̪ʊ]

Noun

menù

  1. instrumental singular of menas

Verb

menù

  1. first-person singular present of miñti

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French menu.

Adjective

menu m (feminine singular menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)

  1. small

Antonyms

  • grand
  • gross

Descendants

  • French: menu (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin minūtus.

Adjective

menu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular menue or menude)

  1. small

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle French: menu
    • French: menu (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (menu)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈɲi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲi
  • Syllabification: me‧nu

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French menu. Doublet of minuta.

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

  1. menu, bill of fare (details of the food to be served at a banquet)
  2. menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English menu.

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

  1. (computing, video games) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

Further reading

  • menu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • menu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

  1. menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)
    Synonyms: cardápio, ementa
  2. (computing) menu (list from which the user may select an option)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

menu (Cyrillic spelling мену)

  1. accusative singular of mena

Slovak

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmenu]

Noun

menu f

  1. accusative singular of mena

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmenu]

Noun

menu n

  1. dative singular of meno

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeny]

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

  1. menu

Further reading

  • “menu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuke)

  1. menu

Derived terms

  • menukaart

Further reading

  • “menu”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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