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menu
menu
English
Noun
menu (plural menus)
- The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
- A printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant.
- (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
Translations
details of the food to be served at a banquet
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printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant
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list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
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See also
- Appendix:Menus
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʊ/
Noun
menu n, invariable
Derived terms
- denní menu n
- uživatelské menu n
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meny/, [meˈny]
Noun
menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)
- menu (all senses)
Inflection
Inflection of menu
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈnʏ/
Etymology
Noun
menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuutje n)
Synonyms
- kaart c
- spijskaart c
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)
Declension
Inflection of menu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | menu | menud | 
| accusative | menu | menud | 
| genitive | menu | menude | 
| partitive | menu | menusid | 
| illative | mennu menusse | menudesse | 
| inessive | menus | menudes | 
| elative | menust | menudest | 
| allative | menule | menudele | 
| adessive | menul | menudel | 
| ablative | menult | menudelt | 
| translative | menuks | menudeks | 
| terminative | menuni | menudeni | 
| essive | menuna | menudena | 
| abessive | menuta | menudeta | 
| comitative | menuga | menudega | 
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmenyː/
- IPA(key): /ˈmenu/ (Finnicized pronunciation based on spelling)
- Hyphenation: me‧nu
Noun
menu
- menu, bill of fare (details of the food to be served at a banquet)
- menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)
- (computing) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)
Declension
| Inflection of menu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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| 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
- (banquet): menukortti, menyy
- (restaurant): ruokalista, menyy
- (computing): valikko
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”). Doublet of minute.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məny/
Adjective
menu m (feminine singular menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)
Noun
menu m (plural menus)
- detailed list
- menu; a set meal on a menu
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
menu m (invariable)
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲɛˈn̪ʊ]
Noun
menù
- instrumental singular form of menas.
Verb
menù
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French menu.
Adjective
menu m (feminine singular menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)
Antonyms
Descendants
- French: menu
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
menu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular menue or menude)
-  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
 
 
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Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu
 
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Declension
Declension of menu
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (menu)