menu
pronunciation
How to pronounce menu in British English:
UK [ˈmenjuː]
How to pronounce menu in American English:
US [ˈmenjuː]
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- Noun:
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- the dishes making up a meal
- (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user
- an agenda of things to do
Word Origin
- menu
- menu: see minute
- menu (n.)
- 1837, from French menu de repas "list of what is served at a meal," from Middle French menu (adj.) "small, detailed" (11c.), from Latin minutus "small," literally "made smaller," past participle of minuere "to diminish," from root of minus "to diminish" (see minus). Computer usage is from 1967, from expanded sense of "any detailed list," first attested 1889.
Example
- 1. We try to add a variety of healthy food items to our happy meal menu .
- 2. Semi-transparent menu layers , like those seen in the new control center , lend an updated , hipper look .
- 3. Responded with a yelp search with lasagna on the menu .
- 4. The list of electronic aids available on new cars today resembles the menu for a chinese restaurant .
- 5. The latest quarter suggests mcdonald 's has struggled to upsell the new menu to budget-conscious americans .