different between menu vs droplist

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

(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)

1. menu

Derived terms

• menukaart

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

drop +? list

Noun

droplist (plural droplists)

1. (graphical user interface) A pull-down menu.

Usage notes

• Mostly associated with the AutoCAD graphic design software.