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Synonyms for menu

Grammar : Noun
Spell : men-yoo, mey-nyoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛn yu, ˈmeɪ nyu

Définition of menu

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun list from which to choose, often to choose food
Example sentences :
  • The menu made her suspicious of the food because it was written in French.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • After that Henriette and Sandoz, who were in consternation, witnessed the rout of their menu.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Henriette took especial care in preparing the menu for that Thursday dinner.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • At sundown work stops and supper is eaten, the menu being as at breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • They rested with particular pleasure on the menu card which stood in front of him.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • Paliser, turning to the waiter, translated passages from the menu.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • It is like ordering from a menu card for them to select husbands.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
  • "Betting on the menu" it is called; and it is done in this way.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 » by Various
  • On Sunday nuts and raisins or apples were added to the menu.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • Give her her way, and every composition she handed in to Miss Gould would be a menu.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

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