meny

See also: měny and -mény

Finnish

Noun

meny

1. misspelling of menyy (“menu”)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mińä. Cognate with Northern Mansi мань (manʹ) and Finnish miniä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɲ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɲ

Noun

meny (plural menyek)

1. daughter-in-law

   Coordinate term: vő

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	meny	menyek
accusative	menyet	menyeket
dative	menynek	menyeknek
instrumental	mennyel	menyekkel
causal-final	menyért	menyekért
translative	mennyé	menyekké
terminative	menyig	menyekig
essive-formal	menyként	menyekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	menyben	menyekben
superessive	menyen	menyeken
adessive	menynél	menyeknél
illative	menybe	menyekbe
sublative	menyre	menyekre
allative	menyhez	menyekhez
elative	menyből	menyekből
delative	menyről	menyekről
ablative	menytől	menyektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	menyé	menyeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	menyéi	menyekéi

Possessive forms of meny

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	menyem	menyeim
2nd person sing.	menyed	menyeid
3rd person sing.	menye	menyei
1st person plural	menyünk	menyeink
2nd person plural	menyetek	menyeitek
3rd person plural	menyük	menyeik

Derived terms

Compound words

• menyasszony

Further reading

• meny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

meny

1. alternative form of meyne

Norwegian Bokmål

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meny

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From French menu (“menu; detailed list”), from Middle French menu (“small”), from Old French menu (“small”), from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Italic *minwō, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), either *mi-néw-ti or *mi-néh₁-ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈnyː/

Noun

meny m (definite singular menyen, indefinite plural menyer, definite plural menyene)

1. a menu

Derived terms

• à la carte-meny
• undermeny

References

• “meny” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French menu.

Noun

meny m (definite singular menyen, indefinite plural menyar, definite plural menyane)

1. a menu

Derived terms

• undermeny

References

• “meny” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeni]

Noun

meny f

1. inflection of mena:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈnyː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

meny c

1. a menu (list of dishes)

   Synonym: matsedel

   • 1986, Lasse Holm, “Cannelloni, macaroni”‎:

     I Paris, i New York City, London och Bombay har man specialmenyer. Ingenting för mig! Ge mig macaroni, cannelloni och lasagne. Spaghetti och därmed pasta [pun on och därmed basta]! Bara nämn dom vid namn.

     In Paris, in New York City, London and Bombay they [one] have special menus. Not [something] for me! Give me macaroni, cannelloni and lasagna. Spaghetti, and that's final! Just mention them by name.

2. (graphical user interface) a menu (list of choices)

Declension

Declension of meny

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	meny	menys
	definite	menyn	menyns
plural	indefinite	menyer	menyers
	definite	menyerna	menyernas

References

• meny in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• meny in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• meny in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)