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menu

menu

See also: menú, menù, menü, and Menü

English

Noun

menu (plural menus)

  1. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
  2. A printed 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

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Menus

Anagrams


Chamicuro

Noun

menu

  1. tongue

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnʊ/

Noun

menu n, invariable

  1. menu

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meny/, [meˈny]

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

  1. menu (all senses)

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈnʏ/

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Noun

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

  1. menu

Synonyms


Estonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Finnish meno.

Noun

menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)

  1. success

Declension


Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenyː/
  • IPA(key): /ˈmenu/ (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): /məny/

Adjective

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

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

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

  1. menu

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɛˈn̪ʊ]

Noun

menù

  1. instrumental singular form of menas.

Verb

menù

  1. first-person singular present tense 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


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

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈɲi/

Noun

menu n

  1. menu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from French menu.

Pronunciation

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

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