menu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "menu"

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English

Alternative forms

• (humorous) menoo

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.juː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.ju/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.ɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjuː

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

• burger menu
• Chinese menu
• context menu
• dégustation menu
• degustation menu
• do you have a menu in English
• dropdown menu
• drop-down menu
• hamburger menu
• kebab menu
• main menu
• mega menu
• megamenu
• menu bar
• menu board
• menu cost
• menued
• menuese
• menu fatigue
• menu hack
• menuless
• off menu
• pie menu
• pillow menu
• pop-up menu
• popup menu
• radial menu
• secret menu
• set menu
• Start menu
• submenu
• tasting menu
• user menu

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: menu
• → Bengali: মেনু (menu)
• → Burmese: မီနူး (minu:)
• → Cebuano: menu
• → Gulf Arabic: منيو (minyu)
• → Hindi: मेनू (menū)
• → Japanese: メニュー (menyū)
• → Korean: 메뉴 (menyu)
• → Polish: menu
• → Thai: เมนู (mee-nuu)
• → Tok Pisin: menyu

Translations

details of the food to be served at a banquet

• Afrikaans: spyskaart (af)
• Albanian: meny
• Arabic: قَائِمَة f (qāʔima), قَائِمَةُ الطَّعَام f (qāʔimatu ṭ-ṭaʕām)

  Egyptian Arabic: منيو m (ményu)

  Gulf Arabic: منيو m (mínyu)

  South Levantine Arabic: منيو m (ményu)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ f (lūḥītā), ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ m (sidrā d-mēḵlātē), ܡܹܢܘܼ m (mēnū)

• Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) (čašacʻucʻak), մենյու (hy) (menyu), ճաշացանկ (hy) (čašacʻank)
• Azerbaijani: menyu (az)
• Belarusian: меню́ n (mjenjú)
• Bengali: মেনু (bn) (menu)
• Bulgarian: меню́ (bg) n (menjú)
• Burmese: မီနူး (minu:)
• Catalan: menú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 菜單 / 菜单 (coi³ daan¹), 餐牌 (caan¹ paai^4-2)

  Mandarin: 菜單 / 菜单 (zh) (càidān)

• Czech: jídelní lístek m
• Danish: spisekort n, menu (da) c
• Dutch: menu (nl) n
• Estonian: menüü (et)
• Finnish: menukortti, menu (fi), ruokalista (fi)
• French: carte (fr) f, menu (fr) m
• Galician: menú m
• Georgian: მენიუ (meniu)
• German: Menü (de) n
• Greek: εδεσματολόγιο (el) n (edesmatológio), κατάλογος (el) m (katálogos)

  Ancient Greek: γραμματείδιον n (grammateídion)

• Hebrew: תַּפְרִיט (he) m (tafrít)
• Hindi: मेनू (menū)
• Hungarian: menü (hu), étlap (hu)
• Irish: biachlár m
• Italian: carta (it) f
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū), お品書き (ja) (おしながき, oshinagaki)
• Kazakh: мәзір (kk) (mäzir)
• Khmer: ម៉ឺនុយ (məɨnuy), បញ្ជីមុខម្ហូប (bɑñcii muk mhoup), អាហារប័ណ្ណ (ʼaahaaraʼban)
• Korean: 메뉴 (ko) (menyu), 메뉴판 (menyupan)
• Kyrgyz: меню (menyu), аштизме (aştizme)
• Lao: ເມນູ (mē nū)
• Latvian: ēdienkarte f
• Lithuanian: meniu (lt)
• Macedonian: мени́ n (mení)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хоолны нэрс (xoolny ners)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meny (no) m, speisekart n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مِنو (fa) (menu), فهرست‌خوراک(fehrest-e xorâk

• Polish: menu (pl) n
• Portuguese: cardápio (pt), menu (pt)
• Romanian: meniu (ro) n
• Russian: меню́ (ru) n (menjú)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt-bidhe f, clàr-bìdhe m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐнӣ m, јело̀внӣк m

  Latin: mènī (sh) m, jelòvnīk (sh) m

• Slovak: jedálny lístok m
• Slovene: meni m, jedilnik m
• Spanish: menú (es) m, carta (es) f
• Swedish: meny (sv) c
• Tagalog: talaulaman
• Tajik: меню (menyu)
• Thai: เมนู (th) (mee-nuu)
• Tibetan: ཁ་ལག་ཐོ (kha lag tho)
• Turkish: menü (tr), mönü (tr)
• Turkmen: menýu
• Ukrainian: меню́ n (menjú)
• Urdu: مینُو (menū)
• Uyghur: تىزىملىك (tizimlik)
• Uzbek: menyu (uz), taomnoma
• Vietnamese: thực đơn (vi) (食單)
• Welsh: bwydlen f

list of dishes offered in a restaurant

• Afrikaans: menu
• Arabic: قَائِمَة f (qāʔima), قَائِمَةُ طَعَام f (qāʔimatu ṭaʕām)

  Egyptian Arabic: منيو m (ményu)

  Gulf Arabic: منيو m (mínyu)

  South Levantine Arabic: منيو m (ményu)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ f (lūḥītā), ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ m (sidrā d-mēḵlātē), ܡܹܢܘܼ m (mēnū)

• Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) (čašacʻucʻak), մենյու (hy) (menyu), ճաշացանկ (hy) (čašacʻank)
• Azerbaijani: menyu (az)
• Belarusian: меню́ n (mjenjú)
• Bulgarian: меню́ (bg) n (menjú)
• Burmese: မီနူး (minu:)
• Catalan: carta (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 餐牌 (caan¹ paai^4-2)

  Mandarin: 菜單 / 菜单 (zh) (càidān), 餐牌 (zh) (cānpái), 菜譜 / 菜谱 (zh) (càipǔ)

• Czech: jídelní lístek m
• Danish: menu (da)
• Dutch: menukaart (nl) f
• Estonian: menüü (et)
• Finnish: ruokalista (fi)
• French: carte (fr) f, menu (fr) m
• Galician: menú m
• Georgian: მენიუ (meniu)
• German: Speisekarte (de) f
• Greek: μενού (el) n (menoú), κατάλογος (el) m (katálogos), εδεσματολόγιο (el) n (edesmatológio)
• Greenlandic: nerisassat allattorfiat pl
• Hindi: मेनू (menū)
• Hungarian: menü (hu), étlap (hu), ételkínálat
• Icelandic: matseðill (is) m
• Irish: biachlár m
• Italian: menù (it) m
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū), お品書き (ja) (おしながき, oshinagaki), 献立 (ja) (こんだて, kondate)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 메뉴 (ko) (menyu), 메뉴판 (menyupan), 차림표 (ko) (charimpyo), 식단표 (ko) (sikdanpyo)
• Kyrgyz: аштизме (aştizme)
• Lao: ລາຍການອາຫານ (lāi kā n hān)
• Latvian: ēdienkarte f
• Lithuanian: meniu (lt)
• Macedonian: мени́ n (mení)
• Māori: rārangi kai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meny (no) m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مِنو (fa) (menu), صورَت‌غَذا (surat-ġazâ)

• Polish: menu (pl) n, spis dań m inan, jadłospis (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: cardápio (pt), menu (pt), ementa (pt) f
• Romanian: meniu (ro) n
• Russian: меню́ (ru) n (menjú)
• Scottish Gaelic: cairt-bidhe f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐнӣ m, јело̀внӣк m

  Latin: mènī (sh) m, jelòvnīk (sh) m

• Slovak: jedálny lístok m
• Slovene: jedilni list m, jedilnik m
• Spanish: menú (es) m, carta (es) f
• Swedish: meny (sv) c, matsedel (sv) c
• Tagalog: putahe
• Thai: เมนู (th) (mee-nuu), รายการอาหาร (raai-gaan aa-hǎan)
• Turkish: menü (tr), mönü (tr), yemek listesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: меню́ n (menjú)
• Urdu: مینُو (menū)
• Uzbek: taomnoma, menyu (uz)
• Vietnamese: thực đơn (vi) (食單), bảng kê món ăn
• Welsh: bwydlen

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

• Arabic: قَائِمَة f (qāʔima)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܸܕܪܵܐ m (sidrā), ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ f (lūḥītā)

• Bulgarian: меню́ (bg) n (menjú)
• Catalan: menú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選單 / 选单 (zh) (xuǎndān), 菜單 / 菜单 (zh) (càidān), 項目單 / 项目单 (xiàngmùdān), 項目表 / 项目表 (xiàngmùbiǎo), 選項單 / 选项单 (xuǎnxiàngdān)

• Czech: nabídka (cs) f, menu (cs) n
• Danish: menu (da) c
• Dutch: menu (nl) n
• Finnish: valikko (fi)
• French: menu (fr) m
• Galician: menú m
• German: Menü (de) n
• Greek: μενού (el) n (menoú), κατάλογος (el) m (katálogos)
• Greenlandic: periarfissat pl, toqqagassat pl
• Hungarian: menü (hu)
• Icelandic: valmynd f
• Irish: roghchlár m
• Japanese: メニュー (ja) (menyū)
• Kazakh: мәзір (kk) (mäzir)
• Korean: 메뉴 (ko) (menyu)
• Latvian: izvēlne f
• Macedonian: мени́ n (mení)
• Māori: rārangi tono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meny (no) m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مِنو (fa) (menu), فِهْرِسْت (fehrest)

• Polish: menu (pl) n, pasek menu m inan
• Portuguese: menu (pt)
• Romanian: meniu (ro) n
• Russian: меню́ (ru) n (menjú)
• Scottish Gaelic: clàr-iùil m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐнӣ m, ѝзбо̄рнӣк m

  Latin: mènī (sh) m, ìzbōrnīk m

• Spanish: menú (es) m
• Swedish: meny (sv) c
• Thai: เมนู (th) (mee-nuu)
• Turkish: menü (tr)
• Vietnamese: trình đơn (vi), danh mục (vi), bảng chọn (vi)
• Welsh: dewislen f

list or agenda

• Finnish: lista (fi) (list or agenda); asialista (fi), esityslista (fi) (agenda)
• Polish: lista (pl) f

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. […]”

See also

• Appendix:Menus

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• MUNE, enum, neum

Afrikaans

Noun

menu (plural menu's)

1. menu

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menu

English menubor.

Cebuano menu

Borrowed 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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): men¹ niu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: men¹ niu²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: men¹ niu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛːn⁵⁵ niːu̯³⁵/

Noun

menu

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) menu

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菜譜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	菜單
	Singapore	菜單
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餐牌, 菜牌
	Hong Kong	餐牌, 菜牌, menu
	Taishan	餐牌
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	菜單
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菜單
	Manila (Hokkien)	菜單

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menubor.

Czech menu

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnu]

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. menu

   denní menu ― daily menu

   uživatelské menu ― user menu

Further reading

• “menu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “menu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “menu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

Declension of menu

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	menu	menuen	menuer	menuerne
genitive	menus	menuens	menuers	menuernes

Further reading

• menu on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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

• driegangenmenu
• hoofdmenu
• kindermenu
• menukaart
• vegamenu
• verrassingsmenu
• viergangenmenu

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish meno.

Noun

menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)

1. success, popularity

Declension

Declension of menu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		menu	menud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	menu
genitive			menude
partitive		menu	menusid
illative		mennu menusse	menudesse
inessive		menus	menudes
elative		menust	menudest
allative		menule	menudele
adessive		menul	menudel
ablative		menult	menudelt
translative		menuks	menudeks
terminative		menuni	menudeni
essive		menuna	menudena
abessive		menuta	menudeta
comitative		menuga	menudega

Finnish

Alternative forms

• menyy

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

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
abessive		menutta	menuitta
instructive		—	menuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of menu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menuni menuni accusative nom. menuni menuni gen. menuni genitive menuni menujeni partitive menuani menujani inessive menussani menuissani elative menustani menuistani illative menuuni menuihini adessive menullani menuillani ablative menultani menuiltani allative menulleni menuilleni essive menunani menuinani translative menukseni menuikseni abessive menuttani menuittani instructive — — comitative — menuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menusi menusi accusative nom. menusi menusi gen. menusi genitive menusi menujesi partitive menuasi menujasi inessive menussasi menuissasi elative menustasi menuistasi illative menuusi menuihisi adessive menullasi menuillasi ablative menultasi menuiltasi allative menullesi menuillesi essive menunasi menuinasi translative menuksesi menuiksesi abessive menuttasi menuittasi instructive — — comitative — menuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menumme menumme accusative nom. menumme menumme gen. menumme genitive menumme menujemme partitive menuamme menujamme inessive menussamme menuissamme elative menustamme menuistamme illative menuumme menuihimme adessive menullamme menuillamme ablative menultamme menuiltamme allative menullemme menuillemme essive menunamme menuinamme translative menuksemme menuiksemme abessive menuttamme menuittamme instructive — — comitative — menuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menunne menunne accusative nom. menunne menunne gen. menunne genitive menunne menujenne partitive menuanne menujanne inessive menussanne menuissanne elative menustanne menuistanne illative menuunne menuihinne adessive menullanne menuillanne ablative menultanne menuiltanne allative menullenne menuillenne essive menunanne menuinanne translative menuksenne menuiksenne abessive menuttanne menuittanne instructive — — comitative — menuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative menunsa menunsa accusative nom. menunsa menunsa gen. menunsa genitive menunsa menujensa partitive menuaan menuansa menujaan menujansa inessive menussaan menussansa menuissaan menuissansa elative menustaan menustansa menuistaan menuistansa illative menuunsa menuihinsa adessive menullaan menullansa menuillaan menuillansa ablative menultaan menultansa menuiltaan menuiltansa allative menulleen menullensa menuilleen menuillensa essive menunaan menunansa menuinaan menuinansa translative menukseen menuksensa menuikseen menuiksensa abessive menuttaan menuttansa menuittaan menuittansa instructive — — comitative — menuineen menuinensa

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
abessive		menutta	menuitta
instructive		—	menuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of menu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menuni menuni accusative nom. menuni menuni gen. menuni genitive menuni menuideni menuitteni partitive menutani menuitani inessive menussani menuissani elative menustani menuistani illative menuhyni menuhuni menuihini adessive menullani menuillani ablative menultani menuiltani allative menulleni menuilleni essive menunani menuinani translative menukseni menuikseni abessive menuttani menuittani instructive — — comitative — menuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menusi menusi accusative nom. menusi menusi gen. menusi genitive menusi menuidesi menuittesi partitive menutasi menuitasi inessive menussasi menuissasi elative menustasi menuistasi illative menuhysi menuhusi menuihisi adessive menullasi menuillasi ablative menultasi menuiltasi allative menullesi menuillesi essive menunasi menuinasi translative menuksesi menuiksesi abessive menuttasi menuittasi instructive — — comitative — menuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menumme menumme accusative nom. menumme menumme gen. menumme genitive menumme menuidemme menuittemme partitive menutamme menuitamme inessive menussamme menuissamme elative menustamme menuistamme illative menuhymme menuhumme menuihimme adessive menullamme menuillamme ablative menultamme menuiltamme allative menullemme menuillemme essive menunamme menuinamme translative menuksemme menuiksemme abessive menuttamme menuittamme instructive — — comitative — menuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menunne menunne accusative nom. menunne menunne gen. menunne genitive menunne menuidenne menuittenne partitive menutanne menuitanne inessive menussanne menuissanne elative menustanne menuistanne illative menuhynne menuhunne menuihinne adessive menullanne menuillanne ablative menultanne menuiltanne allative menullenne menuillenne essive menunanne menuinanne translative menuksenne menuiksenne abessive menuttanne menuittanne instructive — — comitative — menuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative menunsa menunsa accusative nom. menunsa menunsa gen. menunsa genitive menunsa menuidensa menuittensa partitive menutaan menutansa menuitaan menuitansa inessive menussaan menussansa menuissaan menuissansa elative menustaan menustansa menuistaan menuistansa illative menuhynsa menuhunsa menuihinsa adessive menullaan menullansa menuillaan menuillansa ablative menultaan menultansa menuiltaan menuiltansa allative menulleen menullensa menuilleen menuillensa essive menunaan menunansa menuinaan menuinansa translative menukseen menuksensa menuikseen menuiksensa abessive menuttaan menuttansa menuittaan menuittansa instructive — — comitative — menuineen menuinensa

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
abessive		menuttä	menuittä
instructive		—	menuin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of menu (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menuni menuni accusative nom. menuni menuni gen. menuni genitive menuni menuideni menuitteni partitive menutäni menuitäni inessive menussäni menuissäni elative menustäni menuistäni illative menuhyni menuhuni menuihini adessive menulläni menuilläni ablative menultäni menuiltäni allative menulleni menuilleni essive menunäni menuinäni translative menukseni menuikseni abessive menuttäni menuittäni instructive — — comitative — menuineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative menusi menusi accusative nom. menusi menusi gen. menusi genitive menusi menuidesi menuittesi partitive menutäsi menuitäsi inessive menussäsi menuissäsi elative menustäsi menuistäsi illative menuhysi menuhusi menuihisi adessive menulläsi menuilläsi ablative menultäsi menuiltäsi allative menullesi menuillesi essive menunäsi menuinäsi translative menuksesi menuiksesi abessive menuttäsi menuittäsi instructive — — comitative — menuinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menumme menumme accusative nom. menumme menumme gen. menumme genitive menumme menuidemme menuittemme partitive menutämme menuitämme inessive menussämme menuissämme elative menustämme menuistämme illative menuhymme menuhumme menuihimme adessive menullämme menuillämme ablative menultämme menuiltämme allative menullemme menuillemme essive menunämme menuinämme translative menuksemme menuiksemme abessive menuttämme menuittämme instructive — — comitative — menuinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative menunne menunne accusative nom. menunne menunne gen. menunne genitive menunne menuidenne menuittenne partitive menutänne menuitänne inessive menussänne menuissänne elative menustänne menuistänne illative menuhynne menuhunne menuihinne adessive menullänne menuillänne ablative menultänne menuiltänne allative menullenne menuillenne essive menunänne menuinänne translative menuksenne menuiksenne abessive menuttänne menuittänne instructive — — comitative — menuinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative menunsä menunsä accusative nom. menunsä menunsä gen. menunsä genitive menunsä menuidensä menuittensä partitive menutään menutänsä menuitään menuitänsä inessive menussään menussänsä menuissään menuissänsä elative menustään menustänsä menuistään menuistänsä illative menuhynsä menuhunsä menuihinsä adessive menullään menullänsä menuillään menuillänsä ablative menultään menultänsä menuiltään menuiltänsä allative menulleen menullensä menuilleen menuillensä essive menunään menunänsä menuinään menuinänsä translative menukseen menuksensä menuikseen menuiksensä abessive menuttään menuttänsä menuittään menuittänsä instructive — — comitative — menuineen menuinensä

Derived terms

compounds

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

Further reading

• “menu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• emun

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ny/

  • Audio:

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  • Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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  • Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• les briser menues
• menu bétail
• menu fretin
• menuet
• par le menu
• par le menu détail

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

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

Derived terms

• menu du jour
• menu gastronomique

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: meni
• → Albanian: meny
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܹܢܘܼ (mēnū)
• → Belarusian: меню (mjenju)
• → Bulgarian: меню (menju)
• → Catalan: menú
• → Crimean Tatar: menü
• → Czech: menu
• → Danish: menu
• → Dutch: menu
• → English: menu (see there for further descendants)
• → Estonian: menüü
• → Finnish: menu
• → Franco-Provençal: menu
• → Galician: menú
• → German: Menü
• → Greek: μενού (menoú)
• → Hungarian: menü
• → Indonesian: menu
• → Italian: menu
• → Khmer: ម៉ឺនុយ (məɨnuy)
• → Lao: ເມນູ (mē nū)
• → Macedonian: мени (meni)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: meny
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: meny
• → Persian: منو (menu)
• → Polish: menu
• → Portuguese: menu
• → Romanian: meniu
• → Russian: меню (menju) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: meni / мени
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: мени (meni)
• → Slovak: menu
• → Slovene: meni
• → Spanish: menú
• → Swedish: meny
• → Turkish: menü
• → Ukrainian: меню́ (menjú)
• → West Frisian: menu

Further reading

• “menu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

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

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmenu/ [ˈme.nu]
    • Rhymes: -enu
  • IPA^(key): /məˈnu/ [məˈnu]
    • Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: me‧nu

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

Further reading

• “menu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Alternative forms

• menù

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈnu/^*

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

1. menu

Descendants

• → Tigrinya: መኑ (mänu)

Anagrams

• nume

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɛˈnʊ]
• Rhymes: -ʊ
• Syllabification: me‧nù

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

• grand
• gross

Descendants

• French: menu (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin minūtus.

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

	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

Descendants

• Middle French: menu
  • French: menu (see there for further descendants)

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “menu”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Polish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menuubor.

Polish menu

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menu

English menuubor.

Polish menu

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^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “menu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menubor.

Portuguese menu

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of miúdo and minuto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnu/

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

• 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)

Further reading

• “menu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

menu (Cyrillic spelling мену)

1. accusative singular of mena

Slovak

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menu/, [ˈmenu]
• Rhymes: -enu
• Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu f

1. accusative singular of mena

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menu/, [ˈmenu]
• Rhymes: -enu
• Hyphenation: me‧nu

Noun

menu n

1. dative singular of meno

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin minūtus

Old French menu

Middle French menu

French menubor.

Slovak menu

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meny/, [ˈmeny]
• Rhymes: -eny

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. menu

Further reading

• “menu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuke)

1. menu

Derived terms

• menukaart

Further reading

• “menu”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011