Start menu

noun

A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.

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Meanings

nounStart menu (plural Start menus)

plural Start menus

  1. computingA menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.

Translations

Arabic اَلْقَائِمَة اِبْدَأْ
  • اَلْقَائِمَة اِبْدَأْmenu
Chinese Mandarin 開始功能表 /开始功能表
  • 開始功能表 /开始功能表 (kāishǐ gōngnéng biǎo)menu
Dutch startmenu
  • startmenumenu
Finnish aloitusvalikko
  • aloitusvalikkomenu
French menu démarrer
  • menu démarrermenu
German Startmenü
  • Startmenümenu
Greek μενού Έναρξη
  • μενού Έναρξη (menoú Énarxi)menu
Hebrew תפריט התחל
  • תפריט התחל (tafrít hatkhél)menu
Hungarian Start menü
  • Start menümenu
Japanese スタートメニュー
  • スタートメニュー (Sutāto menyū)menu
Korean 시작 메뉴
  • 시작 메뉴 (sijak menyu)menu
Portuguese Menu Iniciar
  • Menu Iniciarmenu
Russian меню́ «Пуск»
  • меню́ «Пуск»menu
Spanish menú de Inicio, menú Inicio
  • menú de Iniciomenu
  • menú Iniciomenu
Vietnamese menu Start
  • menu Startmenu
Cite this entry
APA

Start menu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Start%20menu

MLA

“Start menu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Start%20menu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Start menu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Start%20menu.

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