English Explanatory Dictionary

menu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
  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.
  3. The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
  4. 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.
verb
  1. To include (something) in a menu.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛn.juː/ /ˈmɛn.ju/ en-us-menu.ogg /ˈmɛn.ɪu̯/

Word forms

menu menus menuing menued

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Derived words

burger menu Chinese menu context menu degustation menu dégustation menu do you have a menu in English drop-down menu hamburger 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

Translations

Afrikaans: menu Arabic: قَائِمَة Arabic: قَائِمَةُ طَعَام Arabic: منيو Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܝܼܬܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܹܐܟ݂ܠܵܬܹ̈ܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܹܢܘܼ Armenian: ճաշացուցակ Armenian: մենյու Armenian: ճաշացանկ Azerbaijani: menyu Belarusian: меню́ Bulgarian: меню́ Burmese: မီနူး Catalan: carta Chinese Cantonese: 餐牌 Chinese Mandarin: 菜單 /菜单 Chinese Mandarin: 餐牌 Chinese Mandarin: 菜譜 /菜谱 Czech: jídelní lístek Danish: menu Dutch: menukaart Estonian: menüü Finnish: ruokalista French: carte French: menu Galician: menú Georgian: მენიუ German: Speisekarte Greek: μενού Greek: κατάλογος Greek: εδεσματολόγιο Greenlandic: nerisassat allattorfiat Hindi: मेनू Hungarian: menü Hungarian: étlap Hungarian: ételkínálat Icelandic: matseðill Irish: biachlár Italian: menù Japanese: メニュー Japanese: お品書き Japanese: 献立 Korean: 메뉴 Korean: 메뉴판 Korean: 차림표 Korean: 식단표 Kyrgyz: аштизме Lao: ລາຍການອາຫານ Latvian: ēdienkarte Lithuanian: meniu Macedonian: мени́ Māori: rārangi kai Norwegian Bokmål: meny Iranian Persian: مِنو Iranian Persian: صورَتغَذا Polish: menu Polish: spis dań Polish: jadłospis Portuguese: cardápio Portuguese: menu Portuguese: ementa Romanian: meniu
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