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

Chamicuro

Noun

menu

1. tongue

Chinese

Etymology

From English menu.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) menu

Synonyms

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnu]

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. menu

   denní menu ― daily menu

   uživatelské menu ― user menu

Further reading

• “menu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “menu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “menu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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): /ˈmenu/, [ˈme̞nu]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmenyː/, [ˈme̞nyː]
• Rhymes: -enu
• Hyphenation^(key): me‧nu

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

Derived terms

Further reading

• “menu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (menu)

Polish

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French menu. Doublet of minuta.

Pronunciation

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

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, from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.nu/, (after French) /mɛˈɲi/
• Rhymes: -ɛnu, -i
• Syllabification: me‧nu

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. Doublet of miúdo and minuto.

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

Borrowed from French menu.

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, 2003–2025

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