MENU


Meaning of MENU in English

/ ˈmenjuː; NAmE / noun

1.

a list of the food that is available at a restaurant or to be served at a meal :

to ask for / look at the menu

What's on the menu (= for dinner) tonight?

2.

( computing ) a list of possible choices that are shown on a computer screen :

a pull-down menu

—see also drop-down menu

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from French , detailed list (noun use of menu small, detailed), from Latin minutus very small.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.