Meanings
menu1
nounmenu (plural menus)
plural menus · alternative menoo
- The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner.
- A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.
The server handed us the menu.
1 more example
We selected duck pâté and chicken goujons from the menu.
- The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
We've added a few new dishes to our menu.
1 more example
They took the chicken sandwich off their menu.
- computingA 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.
verbmenu (third-person singular simple present menus, present participle menuing, simple past and past participle menued)
present singular third person menus · participle present menuing · participle past menued · past menued · alternative menoo
- raretransitiveTo include (something) in a menu.
[…] scale chef who couldn’t resist menuing the classic. But unlike Regis, Gardner’s take has a few unexpected extras.
2003, Restaurant Business, volume 102, page 66, column 35 more examples
He created this prize-winning dish last December, to serve at a catered dinner that honored benefactors of Nashua Memorial Hospital. At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course. However, he noted, his dish is substantial enough to serve as a satisfying entree.
1991, Food Management, volume 26, page 139[…] held their own, then that child nutrition program would consider menuing the product in the future. Kater knew he was in trouble when he saw what he was up against that day: pizza and chicken nuggets, two of the most popular school lunches served in today’s schools.
1991, School Food Service Journal, volume 45, page 65“Menuing a bisque allows you to charge another dollar or two for the soup. Instead of $8, I can charge $11,” says Beacon’s chef and an owner, Waldy Malouf.
2001, Restaurant Business, volume 100, page 90, column 1He first menued the chop two years ago, expecting a short run, but has seen surprising customer loyalty: “If I took it off the menu, there would be an uprising.”
2002, Restaurant Business, volume 101, page 86, column 3Depending upon your customer base, you may want to menu options that are gluten-free (G-F), vegan, macrobiotic, organic or even create a healthful kids’ menu. In fact, none of these categories are mutually exclusive, so you might consider menuing a dessert like Brownies with Cashew Cream, a popular item fitting all those categories, served at the Cal Dining-sponsored “Raw Food Chef Night” at the University of California, Berkeley ([…]).
2009, Chef, volume 53, page 20
Menu2
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(computer science) a list of options available to a computer user
Similar
computer menu
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
menu · noun, verb
- Frenchmenu
- Englishmenu
Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Menu · proper noun
- FrenchMenu
- EnglishMenu
Borrowed from French Menu.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans spyskaart, menu
- spyskaartdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Ancient Greek γραμματείδιον
- γραμματείδιον (grammateídion)details of the food to be served at a banquet
Arabic قَائِمَة, قَائِمَةُ الطَّعَام
- قَائِمَة (qāʔima)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- قَائِمَةُ الطَّعَام (qāʔimatu ṭ-ṭaʕām)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- قَائِمَة (qāʔima)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- قَائِمَة (qāʔima)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- قَائِمَةُ طَعَام (qāʔimatu ṭaʕām)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Bengali মেনু
- মেনু (menu)details of the food to be served at a banquet
Bulgarian меню́, меню́
- меню́ (menjú)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- меню́ (menjú)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- меню́ (menjú)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Catalan menú, menú
- menúdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menúcomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- cartalist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Chinese Cantonese 菜單 /菜单, 餐牌
- 菜單 /菜单 (coi³ daan¹)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- 餐牌details of the food to be served at a banquet
- 餐牌list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Chinese Mandarin 菜單 /菜单, 選單 /选单
- 菜單 /菜单 (càidān)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- 選單 /选单 (xuǎndān)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 菜單 /菜单 (càidān)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 項目單 /项目单 (xiàngmùdān)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 項目表 /项目表 (xiàngmùbiǎo)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 選項單 /选项单 (xuǎnxiàngdān)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 菜單 /菜单 (càidān)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 餐牌 (cānpái)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 菜譜 /菜谱 (càipǔ)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Czech jídelní lístek, nabídka
- jídelní lístekdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- nabídkacomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- jídelní lísteklist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Danish spisekort, menu
- spisekortdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Dutch menu, menu
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menukaartlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Estonian menüü, menüü
- menüüdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menüülist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Finnish menukortti, menu
- menukorttidetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- ruokalistadetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- valikkocomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- listalist or agenda
- asialistalist or agenda
- esityslistalist or agenda
- ruokalistalist of dishes offered in a restaurant
French carte, menu
- cartedetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- cartelist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- menulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
German Menü, Menü
- Menüdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- Menücomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- Speisekartelist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Greek εδεσματολόγιο, κατάλογος
- εδεσματολόγιο (edesmatológio)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- κατάλογος (katálogos)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- μενού (menoú)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- κατάλογος (katálogos)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- μενού (menoú)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- κατάλογος (katálogos)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- εδεσματολόγιο (edesmatológio)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Hebrew תַּפְרִיט
- תַּפְרִיט (tafrít)details of the food to be served at a banquet
Hindi मेनू, मेनू
- मेनू (menū)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- मेनू (menū)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Hungarian menü, étlap
- menüdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- étlapdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menücomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menülist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- étlaplist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- ételkínálatlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Icelandic valmynd, matseðill
- valmyndcomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- matseðilllist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Irish biachlár, roghchlár
- biachlárdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- roghchlárcomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- biachlárlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Italian carta, menù
- cartadetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menùlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Japanese メニュー, お品書き
- メニュー (menyū)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- お品書き (oshinagaki)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- メニュー (menyū)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- メニュー (menyū)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- お品書き (oshinagaki)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 献立 (kondate)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Korean 메뉴, 메뉴판
- 메뉴 (menyu)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- 메뉴판 (menyupan)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- 메뉴 (menyu)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- 메뉴 (menyu)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 메뉴판 (menyupan)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 차림표 (charimpyo)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- 식단표 (sikdanpyo)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Latvian ēdienkarte, izvēlne
- ēdienkartedetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- izvēlnecomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- ēdienkartelist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Lithuanian meniu, meniu
- meniudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- meniulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Māori rārangi tono, rārangi kai
- rārangi tonocomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- rārangi kailist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Norwegian Bokmål meny, speisekart
- menydetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- speisekartdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menycomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menylist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Polish menu, menu
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- pasek menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- listalist or agenda
- menulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- spis dańlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- jadłospislist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Portuguese cardápio, menu
- cardápiodetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- cardápiolist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- menulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- ementalist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Romanian meniu, meniu
- meniudetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- meniucomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- meniulist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Russian меню́, меню́
- меню́ (menjú)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- меню́ (menjú)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- меню́ (menjú)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Scottish Gaelic cairt-bidhe, clàr-bìdhe
- cairt-bidhedetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- clàr-bìdhedetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- clàr-iùilcomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- cairt-bidhelist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Slovak jedálny lístok, jedálny lístok
- jedálny lístokdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- jedálny lístoklist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Spanish menú, carta
- menúdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- cartadetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menúcomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menúlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- cartalist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Swedish meny, meny
- menydetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menycomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menylist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- matsedellist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Tagalog talaulaman, putahe
- talaulamandetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- putahelist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Thai เมนู, เมนู
- เมนู (mee-nuu)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- เมนู (mee-nuu)computing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- เมนู (mee-nuu)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
- รายการอาหาร (raai-gaan aa-hǎan)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Turkish menü, mönü
- menüdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- mönüdetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- menücomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- menülist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- mönülist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- yemek listesilist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Ukrainian меню́, меню́
- меню́ (menjú)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- меню́ (menjú)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Urdu مینُو, مینُو
- مینُو (menū)details of the food to be served at a banquet
- مینُو (menū)list of dishes offered in a restaurant
Vietnamese thực đơn, trình đơn
- thực đơndetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- trình đơncomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- danh mụccomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- bảng chọncomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- thực đơnlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
- bảng kê món ănlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Welsh bwydlen, dewislen
- bwydlendetails of the food to be served at a banquet
- dewislencomputing: list from which the user may select an operation to be performed
- bwydlenlist of dishes offered in a restaurant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with menu
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
menu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu
MLA
“menu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menu.
Source: menu on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.