menu

See also: menú, menù, menü, Menü, Menu, and měnu

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 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.
    The server handed us the menu.
    We selected duck pâté and chicken goujons from the menu.
  3. The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
    They took the chicken sandwich off their menu.
    We've added a few new dishes to our menu.
  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.
    What's on the menu for today's meeting?

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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 using this term, see Citations:menu.


Chamicuro

Noun

menu

  1. tongue

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


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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenu/, [ˈme̞nu]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmenyː/, [ˈme̞nyː]
  • Rhymes: -enu
  • Syllabification(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

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
Possessive forms of menu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person menuni menumme
2nd person menusi menunne
3rd person menunsa
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
Possessive forms of menu (type rosé)
possessor singular plural
1st person menuni menumme
2nd person menusi menunne
3rd person menunsa
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
Possessive forms of menu (type rosé)
possessor singular plural
1st person menuni menumme
2nd person menusi menunne
3rd person menunsä

Compounds

  • aamiaismenu
  • illallismenu
  • juhlamenu
  • lounasmenu
  • maistelumenu
  • äyriäismenu

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 menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)

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

Derived terms

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈnu/*
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

  1. menu

Anagrams


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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French menu. Doublet of minuta (minute).

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.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (normative) /mɨˈnu/, (common but considered incorrect) /mɛˈnu/[3]

  • 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

  1. menu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. menu” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. FLiP Dúvidas

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

menu

  1. accusative singular of mena

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmenu]

Noun

menu f

  1. accusative singular of mena

Noun

menu n

  1. dative singular of meno

West Frisian

Etymology

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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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