DictionaryRoot: menu
French

menu

small, detailed

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Cafe menu card displays only clear small illustrations of soup salad sandwich and tea in neat rows with selection circles, no words or prices.
noun

menu

MEN-yoo/ˈmenjuː/

A displayed list of choices available to a user.

Etymology

The French adjective meaning “small, detailed” came to name a detailed list of dishes. The broader meaning “any detailed list” then supplied the computer sense of a list of available options.

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