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menu¹
- /ˈmɛn.juː/ UK
- /ˈmɛn.ju/ Canada, US
- /ˈmɛn.ɪu̯/
Rhymes with -ɛnjuː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.
noun menus · menoo
- 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.
- 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.
- The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar. They took the chicken sandwich off their menu.
- 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?
verb menus · menuing · menued · menoo
- To include (something) in a menu. 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.
Menu²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Menu.
proper noun Menus
- A surname from French.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: carte, fare, card, computer menu, dinner, meal, list, diet, bar, tab, screen, range, pallet, path, home, recipe
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noun list of dishes offered in a restaurant
| Español | menú, carta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메뉴 menyu, 메뉴판 menyupan, 차림표 charimpyo, 식단표 sikdanpyo |
| 日本語 | メニュー menyū, お品書き oshinagaki, 献立 kondate |
| 中文 | 菜單 /菜单 càidān, 餐牌 cānpái, 菜譜 /菜谱 càipǔ |
| हिन्दी | मेनू menū |
| Português | cardápio, menu, ementa |
| Français | carte, menu |
| Deutsch | Speisekarte |
| Italiano | menù |
| Ελληνικά | μενού menoú, κατάλογος katálogos, εδεσματολόγιο edesmatológio |
| Română | meniu |
| Русский | меню́ menjú |
| Tiếng Việt | thực đơn, bảng kê món ăn |
| العربية | قَائِمَة qāʔima, قَائِمَةُ طَعَام qāʔimatu ṭaʕām |
noun details of the food to be served at a banquet
| Español | menú, carta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메뉴 menyu, 메뉴판 menyupan |
| 日本語 | メニュー menyū, お品書き oshinagaki |
| 中文 | 菜單 /菜单 càidān |
| हिन्दी | मेनू menū |
| Português | cardápio, menu |
| Français | carte, menu |
| Deutsch | Menü |
| Italiano | carta |
| Ελληνικά | εδεσματολόγιο edesmatológio, κατάλογος katálogos |
| Română | meniu |
| Русский | меню́ menjú |
| Tiếng Việt | thực đơn |
| العربية | قَائِمَة qāʔima, قَائِمَةُ الطَّعَام qāʔimatu ṭ-ṭaʕām |
| עברית | תַּפְרִיט tafrít |
noun computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
| Español | menú |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메뉴 menyu |
| 日本語 | メニュー menyū |
| 中文 | 選單 /选单 xuǎndān, 菜單 /菜单 càidān, 項目單 /项目单 xiàngmùdān, 項目表 /项目表 xiàngmùbiǎo, 選項單 /选项单 xuǎnxiàngdān |
| Português | menu |
| Français | menu |
| Deutsch | Menü |
| Ελληνικά | μενού menoú, κατάλογος katálogos |
| Română | meniu |
| Русский | меню́ menjú |
| Tiếng Việt | trình đơn, danh mục, bảng chọn |
| العربية | قَائِمَة qāʔima |
Talk about this word "menu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/menu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. menu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/menu "menu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/menu.Cite this
@misc{menu_2026,
title = {menu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/menu},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
