different between inventory vs menu

English

Etymology

From Middle English inventorie, from Old French inventoire (whence French inventaire), from Late Latin inventarium, from Latin invenire (“to find out”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.v?n.t?i/, /?n?v?n.t?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.v?n?t?.?i/

Noun

inventory (plural inventories)

1. (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

   Due to an undersized inventory at the Boston outlet, customers had to travel to Providence to find the item.

2. (operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

   The inventory included several items that one wouldn't normally think to find at a cheese shop.

3. (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

   This month's inventory took nearly three days.

4. (role-playing games) A space containing the items available to a character for immediate use.

   You can't get through the underground tunnel if there are more than three items in your inventory.

5. (linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)

   Germanic languages have a marked tendency towards large vocalic inventories.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:list

Related terms

• invent
• invented
• inventive
• invention
• inventor
• reinvent

Translations

Verb

inventory (third-person singular simple present inventories, present participle inventorying, simple past and past participle inventoried)

1. (transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

   The main job of the night shift was to inventory the store, and restock when necessary.

Synonyms

• index
• inventorize
• take inventory
• take stock

Translations

Further reading

• inventory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inventory in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nju/
• Rhymes: -?nju?

Noun

menu (plural menus)

1. The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
2. A list of dishes offered in a restaurant.

3. (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
4. A list or agenda.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tok Pisin: menyu
• ? Cebuano: menu
• ? Gulf Arabic: ????? (minyu)
• ? Thai: ???? (mee-nuu)

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Menus

Further reading

• menu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• menu (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MUNE, enum, neum

Afrikaans

Noun

menu (plural menu's)

1. menu

Cebuano

Etymology

From English menu, from French menu. Doublet of minuto and menudo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: me?nu

Noun

menu

1. a bill of fare
2. a menu; a list of dishes offered in a restaurant
3. a computer menu

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:menu.

Chamicuro

Noun

menu

1. tongue

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?/

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. menu

Further reading

• menu in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• menu in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?ny/, [me?ny]

Noun

menu c (singular definite menuen, plural indefinite menuer)

1. menu (all senses)

Inflection

Further reading

• menu on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??ny/
• Hyphenation: me?nu
• Rhymes: -y

Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuutje n)

1. menu

   Synonyms: kaart, menukaart, spijskaart

2. (computing) menu

Derived terms

• driegangenmenu
• hoofdmenu
• kindermenu
• menukaart
• vegamenu
• verrassingsmenu
• viergangenmenu

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish meno.

Noun

menu (genitive menu, partitive menu)

1. success

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?menu/, [?me?nu]
• IPA^(key): /?meny?/, [?me?ny?]
• Rhymes: -enu
• Syllabification: me?nu

Noun

menu

1. menu, bill of fare (details of the food to be served at a banquet)
2. menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)
3. (computing) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

Declension

Synonyms

• (banquet): menukortti, menyy
• (restaurant): ruokalista, menyy
• (computing): valikko

Anagrams

• emun

French

Etymology

From Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin min?tus (“minute, tiny”). Doublet of minute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.ny/

Adjective

menu (feminine singular menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)

1. slim, small, fine
2. minor, trifling

Derived terms

• les briser menues
• menuet
• menu fretin
• par le menu

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

1. detailed list
2. menu; a set meal on a menu

Derived terms

• menu du jour
• menu gastronomique

Descendants

Further reading

• “menu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Alternative forms

• menù

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?nu/

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?nu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

menu m (invariable)

1. menu

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m???n??]

Noun

menù

1. instrumental singular of menas

Verb

menù

1. 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)

1. small

Antonyms

• grand
• gross

Descendants

• French: menu (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin min?tus.

Adjective

menu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular menue or menude)

1. small

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???i/

Etymology 1

From French menu.

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. menu, bill of fare (details of the food to be served at a banquet)
2. menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)

Etymology 2

From English menu.

Noun

menu n (indeclinable)

1. (computing, gaming) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

Further reading

• menu in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• menu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /m?.?nu/, /m?.?nu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: me?nu

Noun

menu m (plural menus)

1. menu (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)

   Synonyms: cardápio, ementa

2. (computing) menu (list from which the user may select an option)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nu/

Noun

menu

1. accusative singular of mena

Noun

menu

1. dative singular of meno

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

menu n (plural menu's, diminutive menuke)

1. menu

Derived terms

• menukaart

Further reading

• “menu”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011