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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu . Doublet of menudo and minute .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu (plural menus )
The details of the food to be served at a banquet ; a bill of fare .
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 .
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 .
( 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
A list or agenda .
What's on the menu for today's meeting?
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Cebuano: menu
→ Gulf Arabic: منيو ( minyu )
→ Japanese: メニュー ( menyū )
→ Korean: 메뉴 ( menyu )
→ 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 )
Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) ( čašacʻucʻak ) , մենյու (hy) ( menyu ) , ճաշացանկ (hy) ( čašacʻank )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ f ( lūḥītā ) , ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ m ( sidrā d-mēḵlātē ) , ܡܹܢܘܼ m ( mēnū )
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 paai4-2 )
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
Georgian: მენიუ ( meniu )
German: Menü (de) n
Greek: εδεσματολόγιο (el) n ( edesmatológio ) , κατάλογος (el) m ( katálogos )
Ancient: 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 ( おしながき, oshinagaki )
Kazakh: мәзір (kk) ( mäzır )
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
Roman: 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)
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 )
Armenian: ճաշացուցակ (hy) ( čašacʻucʻak ) , մենյու (hy) ( menyu ) , ճաշացանկ (hy) ( čašacʻank )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ f ( lūḥītā ) , ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ m ( sidrā d-mēḵlātē ) , ܡܹܢܘܼ m ( mēnū )
Azerbaijani: menyu (az)
Belarusian: меню́ n ( mjenjú )
Bulgarian: меню́ (bg) n ( menjú )
Burmese: မီနူး ( minu: )
Catalan: carta (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 餐牌 ( caan1 paai4-2 )
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
Georgian: მენიუ ( meniu )
German: Speisekarte (de) f
Greek: μενού (el) n ( menoú ) , κατάλογος (el) m ( katálogos ) , εδεσματολόγιο (el) n ( edesmatológio )
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 ( 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 )
Maori: rārangi kai
Norwegian:
Bokmål: meny (no) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مِنو (fa) ( menu ) , صورَتغَذا ( surat-ġazâ )
Polish: menu (pl) n , spis dań m , jadłospis (pl) m
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
Roman: 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 ) , รายการ อาหาร ( raai-gaan aa-hǎan )
Turkish: menü (tr)
Ukrainian: меню́ n ( menjú )
Urdu: مینُو ( menū )
Uzbek: taomnoma , menyu (uz)
Vietnamese: thực đơn (vi) (食單 ), bảng kê món ăn
Welsh: bwydlen
Verb
menu (third-person singular simple present menus , present participle menuing , simple past and past participle menued )
( 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
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
menu (plural menu's )
menu
Cebuano
Etymology
From English menu , from French menu . Doublet of minuto and menudo .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu
a bill of fare
a menu ; a list of dishes offered in a restaurant
a computer menu
Chamicuro
Noun
menu
tongue
Chinese
Etymology
From English menu .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) menu
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
菜單 (“menu”)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu n (indeclinable )
menu
denní menu ― daily menu
uživatelské menu ― user menu
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu c (singular definite menuen , plural indefinite menuer )
menu ( all senses )
Inflection
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /məˈny/
Hyphenation: me‧nu
Rhymes: -y
Noun
menu n (plural menu's , diminutive menuutje n )
menu
Synonyms: kaart , menukaart , spijskaart
( computing ) menu
Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish meno .
Noun
menu (genitive menu , partitive menu )
success , popularity
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu
menu , bill of fare ( details of the food to be served at a banquet )
Synonyms: menukortti , menyy
synonym of ruokalista ( “ menu ” ) ( printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant )
( computing ) synonym of valikko ( “ menu ” ) ( list from which the user may select an operation to be performed )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French menu , from Old French menu , from Latin minūtus ( “ minute, tiny ” ) . Doublet of minute .
Pronunciation
Adjective
menu (feminine menue , masculine plural menus , feminine plural menues )
slim , small , fine
minor , trifling
Derived terms
Noun
menu m (plural menus )
detailed list
menu ; a set meal on a menu
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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
The /e/ is standard, English-influenced, while the /ə/ is Dutch-influenced.
Noun
menu (plural menu -menu )
menu
details of the food to be served at a banquet,
list of dishes offered in a restaurant
( computing , gaming ) list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu . Doublet of minuto .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu m (invariable )
menu
Anagrams
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Noun
menù
instrumental singular of menas
Verb
menù
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 )
small
Antonyms
Descendants
French: menu (see there for further descendants )
Old French
Etymology
From Latin minūtus .
Adjective
menu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular menue or menude )
small
12th Century , Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai :Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu He cut off the head of his small coat of armor
Declension
Descendants
Middle French: menu French: menu (see there for further descendants )
References
Godefroy, Frédéric , Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881) (menu )
Polish
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing from French menu . Doublet of minuta .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /mɛˈɲi/
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: me‧nu
Noun
menu n (indeclinable )
menu , bill of fare ( details of the food to be served at a banquet )
menu ( printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant )
Etymology 2
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 )
( computing , video games ) menu ( list from which the user may select an operation to be performed )
Further reading
menu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
menu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French menu . Doublet of miúdo and minuto .
Pronunciation
( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( normative ) /mɨˈnu/ , ( common but considered incorrect ) /mɛˈnu/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: me‧nu
Noun
menu m (plural menus )
menu ( printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant )
Synonyms: cardápio , ementa
( computing ) menu ( list from which the user may select an option )
References
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
menu (Cyrillic spelling мену )
accusative singular of mena
Slovak
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
menu f
accusative singular of mena
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
menu n
dative singular of meno
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French menu .
Pronunciation
Noun
menu n (indeclinable )
menu
Further reading
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 )
menu
Derived terms
Further reading
“menu ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011