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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu (plural menus)

  1. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
    After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner.
  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 (menyū)
  • → Korean: 메뉴 (menyu)
  • → 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.
    • 1991, Food Management, volume 26, page 139:
      He created this prize-winning dish last December, to serve at a catered dinner that honored benefactors of Nashua Memorial Hospital. At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course. However, he noted, his dish is substantial enough to serve as a satisfying entree.
    • 1991, School Food Service Journal, volume 45, page 65:
      […] held their own, then that child nutrition program would consider menuing the product in the future. Kater knew he was in trouble when he saw what he was up against that day: pizza and chicken nuggets, two of the most popular school lunches served in today’s schools.
    • 2001, Restaurant Business, volume 100, page 90, column 1:
      “Menuing a bisque allows you to charge another dollar or two for the soup. Instead of $8, I can charge $11,” says Beacon’s chef and an owner, Waldy Malouf.
    • 2002, Restaurant Business, volume 101, page 86, column 3:
      He first menued the chop two years ago, expecting a short run, but has seen surprising customer loyalty: “If I took it off the menu, there would be an uprising.”
    • 2003, Restaurant Business, volume 102, page 66, column 3:
      […] scale chef who couldn’t resist menuing the classic. But unlike Regis, Gardner’s take has a few unexpected extras.
    • 2009, Chef, volume 53, page 20:
      Depending upon your customer base, you may want to menu options that are gluten-free (G-F), vegan, macrobiotic, organic or even create a healthful kids’ menu. In fact, none of these categories are mutually exclusive, so you might consider menuing a dessert like Brownies with Cashew Cream, a popular item fitting all those categories, served at the Cal Dining-sponsored “Raw Food Chef Night” at the University of California, Berkeley ([…]).
    • 2019, Alan Paris, Filament II: Brighten the World, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
      Along with the meats, local Gnocchi, Borgotaro malfatti, made from ricotta, herbs, and spinach were menued. The mixture contained eggs and breadcrumbs to bind the ingredients, the chef optioning grated cheese. White truffles, Borgotaro mushrooms and stuffed tortellini bordered the fresh fish catch of the day. The bishop explained, “You’ll find our tastings vary significantly from the cuisine served at your restaurants in New York City– where the Neapolitan and Sicilian sauces are prevalent. […]”

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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

Dialectal synonyms of 菜單 (“menu”) [map]
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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

  1. menu
    denní menu ― daily menu
    uživatelské menu ― user menu

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

  1. menu (all senses)

Inflection

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈny/
  • Audio:(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

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish meno.

Noun

menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)

  1. success, popularity

Declension

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

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

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Derived terms

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

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”). Doublet of minute.

Pronunciation

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, either from English menu or Dutch menu, from French menu, from Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”). Doublet of menit.

Pronunciation

The /e/ is standard, English-influenced, while the /ə/ is Dutch-influenced.

Noun

menu (plural menu-menu)

  1. menu
    1. details of the food to be served at a banquet,
    2. list of dishes offered in a restaurant
    3. (computing, gaming) list from which the user may select an operation to be performed

Derived terms

  • bermenu
  • menu anak-anak
  • menu batang
  • menu empat bintang
  • menu gantung pintu
  • menu hierarkis
  • menu karyawan
  • menu kombinasi
  • menu layanan kamar
  • menu layar penuh
  • menu navigasi
  • menu sembul
  • menu set
  • menu tunggal

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

Noun

menu m (invariable)

  1. menu

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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

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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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French menu. Doublet of minuta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈɲi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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Slovak

West Frisian

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