menu

men·u  (mny)

n.

1. A list of the dishes to be served or available for a meal.

2. The dishes served or available at a meal.

3. A list of available options, especially as displayed on a screen.

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[French, small, minute, menu, from Old French menut, small, from Latin mintus, past participle of minuere, to diminish; see mei-² in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: An enormous menu might be considered an oxymoron if one were to restrict the word etymologically. Menu can be traced back to the Latin word mintus, meaning "small in size, amount, or degree" and also "possessing or involving minute knowledge." Latin mintus became Old French menut and Modern French menu, "small, fine, trifling, minute." The French adjective came to be used as a noun with the sense of "detail, details collectively," and "detailed list." As such, it was used in the phrase menu de repas, "list of items of a meal," which was shortened to menu. This word was borrowed into English, being first recorded in 1837. The French word had been borrowed before, perhaps only briefly, as a shortening of the French phrase menu peuple, "the common people." This usage, however, is recorded in only one text, in 1658.

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menu

Noun

1. a list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant

2. a list of options displayed on a visual display unit from which the operator can choose [French: small, detailed (list)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	menu - a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, card bill - a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) a la carte - a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices prix fixe - a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices table d'hote - a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price
	2.	menu - the dishes making up a meal fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
	3.	menu - (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user computer menu computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) drop-down menu - a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it cascading menu, hierarchical menu, submenu - a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
	4.	menu - an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports" fare agenda, schedule, docket - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

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menu

noun bill of fare, tariff chiefly Brit. set menu, table d'hôte, carte du jour (French)

Translations

menu [ˈmɛnjuː] n (= set menu) → menú m;

(printed) → carta;

(COMPUT) → menú m

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menu [ˈmɛnjuː] n (= set menu), (Comput) → menu m (= list of dishes); carte f;

could we see the menu? → est-ce qu'on peut voir la carte?

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menu [ˈmɛnjuː] n → Menü nt;

(printed) → Speisekarte f

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menu [ˈmɛnjuː] n (= set menu), (COMPUT) → menù m inv;

(printed) → carta

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menu

n menu [ˈmenjuː]

1 (a card with) a list of dishes that may be ordered at a meal What's on the menu today? spyskaart قائِمَة طَعّام في المَطْعَم меню menu menu; spisekort die Speisekarte μενού menú, carta menüü منوی غذا ruokalista menu תַּפרִיט मेनू, आहारिका jelovnik étlap menu matseðill menù メニュー 메뉴 valgiaraštis, meniu ēdienkarte menu menu meny, spisekart menu ementa meniu меню jedálny lístok jedilnik meni meny, matsedel รายการอาหาร menü 菜單 меню طعام گاہ میں موجود کھانوں کی فہرست thực đơn 菜单

2 a list of options on a computer screen, from which a user can choose. kieslys قائِمَة الخيارات في الحاسوب прозорец с опции výběr uživatelských možností menu das Menü μενού επιλογών Η/Υ menú menüü فهرست انتخاب menu תַּפרִיט मीनू izbornik menü menu menù 機能などの選択一覧 meniu izvēlne menu menu meny menu меню ponuka voľby v počítači meni meni meny รายการตัวเลือกบนคอมพิวเตอร์ menü (計算机)菜單 меню کارگزاری کی دستیاب سہولتوں کی فہرست trình đơn (计算机)菜单