meny

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See also: měny and -mény

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

meny

  1. Misspelling of menyy (menu).

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɲ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɲ

Noun[edit]

meny (plural menyek)

  1. daughter-in-law
    Coordinate term:

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Compound words

Further reading[edit]

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

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

meny

  1. Alternative form of meyne

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. a menu

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French menu.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a menu

Derived terms[edit]

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Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

meny f

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

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

meny c

  1. a menu (list of dishes)
    Synonym: matsedel
    • 1986, Lasse Holm (lyrics and music), “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[edit]

Declension of meny 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative meny menyn menyer menyerna
Genitive menys menyns menyers menyernas

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