menu

See also: menú, menù, menü, and Menü

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnjuː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛnju/
  • (file)
  • 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 of dishes offered in a restaurant.
  3. (computing) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a mouse or other pointing device under a graphical user interface, but usually also controllable from the keyboard.

Derived terms

  • user menu

Descendants

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Menus

Further reading

Anagrams


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 of use of this term, see Citations:menu.


Chamicuro

Noun

menu

  1. tongue

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʊ/

Noun

menu n, invariable

  1. menu

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meny/, [meˈny]

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

  1. menu (all senses)

Inflection

Further reading


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈny/
  • (file)
  • 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

Declension


Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenyː/, [ˈme̞nyː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmenu/, [ˈme̞nu] (Finnicized pronunciation based on spelling)
  • Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu

  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)
  3. (computing) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

Declension

Inflection of menu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative menu menut
genitive menun menuiden
menuitten
partitive menuta menuita
illative menuhyn
menuhun
menuihin
singular plural
nominative menu menut
accusative nom. menu menut
gen. menun
genitive menun menuiden
menuitten
partitive menuta menuita
inessive menussa menuissa
elative menusta menuista
illative menuhyn
menuhun
menuihin
adessive menulla menuilla
ablative menulta menuilta
allative menulle menuille
essive menuna menuina
translative menuksi menuiksi
instructive menuin
abessive menutta menuitta
comitative menuineen
Inflection of menu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative menu menut
genitive menun menuiden
menuitten
partitive menutä menuitä
illative menuhyn
menuhun
menuihin
singular plural
nominative menu menut
accusative nom. menu menut
gen. menun
genitive menun menuiden
menuitten
partitive menutä menuitä
inessive menussä menuissä
elative menustä menuistä
illative menuhyn
menuhun
menuihin
adessive menullä menuillä
ablative menultä menuiltä
allative menulle menuille
essive menunä menuinä
translative menuksi menuiksi
instructive menuin
abessive menuttä menuittä
comitative menuineen
Inflection of menu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative menu menut
genitive menun menujen
partitive menua menuja
illative menuun menuihin
singular plural
nominative menu menut
accusative nom. menu menut
gen. menun
genitive menun menujen
partitive menua menuja
inessive menussa menuissa
elative menusta menuista
illative menuun menuihin
adessive menulla menuilla
ablative menulta menuilta
allative menulle menuille
essive menuna menuina
translative menuksi menuiksi
instructive menuin
abessive menutta menuitta
comitative menuineen

Synonyms

Anagrams


French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.ny/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. (literary) slim, small, fine
  2. (literary) minor, trifling

Derived terms

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

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

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

  1. menu

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

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
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu
      He cut off the head of his small coat of armor

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈɲi/
  • (file)

Noun

menu n

  1. menu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ˈnu/, /mɛ.ˈnu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

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

Synonyms


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnu/

Noun

menu

  1. accusative singular of mena

Noun

menu

  1. dative singular of meno

West Frisian

Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuke)

  1. menu

Derived terms

Further reading

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