Meanings
nounsubmenu (plural submenus)
plural submenus
- computingA secondary menu available through another menu, especially one that branches off the first.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
Similar
hierarchical menucascading menu
Broader
menucomputer menu
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Englishmenu
- Englishsubmenu
Translations
Finnish alivalikko
- alivalikkosecondary menu available through another menu
French sous-menu
- sous-menusecondary menu available through another menu
German Untermenü
- Untermenüsecondary menu available through another menu
Irish fo-roghchlár
- fo-roghchlársecondary menu available through another menu
Japanese サブメニュー
- サブメニュー (sabumenyū)secondary menu available through another menu
Korean 서브메뉴
- 서브메뉴 (seobeumenyu)secondary menu available through another menu
Norwegian Bokmål undermeny
- undermenysecondary menu available through another menu
Polish podmenu
- podmenusecondary menu available through another menu
Russian подменю́
- подменю́ (podmenjú)secondary menu available through another menu
Swedish undermeny
- undermenysecondary menu available through another menu
Turkish alt menü
- alt menüsecondary menu available through another menu
Cite this entry
APA
submenu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submenu
MLA
“submenu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submenu. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submenu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submenu.
Source: submenu on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.