menu

See also menú, menù, menü, and Menü

English

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

From French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛnjuː/

• Audio (US)

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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

details of the food to be served at a banquet

• Arabic: قائمة (ar) (qaa'ima)
• Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) (čašac’uc’ak)
• Catalan: menú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜單 (cmn), 菜单 (cmn) (càidān)

• Finnish: menyy (fi), ruokalista (fi)
• French: carte (fr) f, menu (fr) m
• German: Menü (de) n
• Greek: εδεσματολόγιο (el) (edesmatológhio) n, κατάλογος (el) (katáloghos) m
• Hungarian: menü (hu)
• Irish: biachlár (ga) m
• Italian: carta (it) f
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū), お品書き (ja) (oshinagaki)

• Korean: 메뉴 (ko) (menyu), 차림표 (ko) (charimpyo)
• Macedonian: мени (mk) (mení) n
• Persian: منو (fa)
• Polish: menu (pl) n
• Portuguese: cardápio (pt), menu (pt)
• Russian: меню (ru) (menjú) n (indeclinable)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt-bidhe (gd) f, clàr-bìdhe (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: mènī (sh) m, jelòvnīk (sh) m
• Spanish: menú (es) m, carta (es) f
• Swedish: meny (sv) c
• Thai: เมนู (th)
• Vietnamese: thực đơn (vi)
• Welsh: bwydlen (cy) f

printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant

• Arabic: قائمة (ar) (qaa'ima)
• Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) (čašac’uc’ak)
• Catalan: menú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜單 (cmn), 菜单 (cmn) (càidān)

• Czech: jídelní lístek (cs) m
• Danish: menu (da)
• Finnish: menyy (fi), ruokalista (fi)
• French: carte (fr) f, menu (fr) m
• German: Speisekarte (de) f
• Greek: μενού (el) (menoú) n, κατάλογος (el) (katáloghos) m, εδεσματολόγιο (el) (edesmatológhio) n
• Hungarian: menü (hu), étlap (hu)

• Irish: biachlár (ga) m
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū)
• Macedonian: мени (mk) (mení) n
• Norwegian: meny (no)
• Polish: menu (pl) n
• Portuguese: cardápio (pt), menu (pt)
• Russian: меню (ru) (menjú) n (indeclinable)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt-bidhe (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: mènī (sh) m, jelòvnīk (sh) m
• Spanish: menú (es) m, carta (es) f
• Swedish: meny (sv) c
• Welsh: bwydlen (cy)

list from which the user may select an operation to be performed

• Arabic: قائمة (ar) (qaa'ima)
• Catalan: menú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 項目單 (cmn), 项目单 (cmn) (xiàngmùdān), 項目表 (cmn), 项目表 (cmn) (xiàngmùbiǎo), 選單 (cmn), 选单 (cmn) (xuǎndān), 選項單 (cmn), 选项单 (cmn) (xuǎnxiàngdān)

• Czech: nabídka (cs) f, menu (cs) n
• Dutch: menu (nl) n
• Finnish: menu (fi), valikko (fi)
• French: menu (fr) m
• German: Menü (de) n
• Greek: μενού (el) (menoú) n, κατάλογος (el) (katáloghos) m

• Irish: roghchlár (ga) m
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū)
• Macedonian: мени (mk) (mení) n
• Polish: menu (pl) n
• Portuguese: menu (pt)
• Russian: меню (ru) (menjú) n (indeclinable)
• Scottish Gaelic: clàr-iùil (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: mènī (sh) m, ìzbōrnīk (sh) m
• Spanish: menú (es) m
• Swedish: meny (sv) c
• Welsh: dewislen (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: 메뉴 (ko) (me-nyu)
• Vietnamese: thực đơn (vi)

See also

• Appendix:Menus

External links

• menu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• menu (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:menu (computing)

Anagrams

• enum

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Chamicuro

Noun

menu

1. tongue

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Czech

Noun

menu n

1. menu

Derived terms

• uživatelské menu n

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Danish

Etymology

From French menu (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /meny/, [meˈny]

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

1. menu (all senses)

Inflection

    Inflection of menu

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	menu	menuen	menuer	menuerne
genitive	menus	menuens	menuers	menuernes

External links

• Menu on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

From French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛˈnʏ/

Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuutje)

1. menu

Synonyms

• kaart c
• spijskaart c

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Estonian

Noun

menu (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. success

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Finnish

Noun

menu

1. Alternative form of menyy.
2. (computing) menu

Declension

Declension of menu (type rosé) singular plural nominative menu menut genitive menun menuiden partitive menuta menuita accusative menu menun menut 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

Declension of menu (type rosé) singular plural nominative menu menut genitive menun menuiden partitive menutä menuitä accusative menu menun menut 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

Declension of menu (type valo) singular plural nominative menu menut genitive menun menujen partitive menua menuja accusative menu menun menut 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

• (computing): valikko

Anagrams

• emun

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French

Etymology

From Latin minutus (“minute, tiny”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /məny/

Adjective

menu m (feminine 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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

1. menu

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Old French

Etymology

Latin minus.

Adjective

menu m (feminine menue or menude)

1. small
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu

     He cut off the head of his small coat of armor

Declension

  Declension of menu  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	menus, menuz	menue, menude	menu
	Oblique	menu	menue, menude	menu
Plural	Subject	menu	menues, menudes	menu
	Oblique	menus, menuz	menues, menudes	menu

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)

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Polish

Etymology

From French menu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛˈɲi/

Noun

menu n

1. menu