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.
- We selected duck pâté and chicken goujons from the menu.
The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.
- They took the chicken sandwich off their menu.
- We've added a few new dishes to our menu.
A 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.
A list or agenda.
- What's on the menu for today's meeting?

Verb

menu (third-person singular simple present menus, present participle menuing, simple past and past participle menued)

(rare, transitive) To include (something) in a menu.
- 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

Proper noun capitalized: Menu

Menu (plural Menus)

A surname from French.

menu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

menu in Hindi

list of dishes offered in a restaurant: मेनू menū
details of the food to be served at a banquet: मेनू menū

menu in Tamil

சிறுபட்டி, பட்டியல், நிரல், பட்டி, உண்டிவகை, அட்டவணை

menu in Marathi

मेनू, मेन्यू, मेन्यूइंग

menu in Urdu

list of dishes offered in a restaurant: مینُو menū
details of the food to be served at a banquet: مینُو menū

More languagesFewer languages

menu in Bengali: মেনু menu
menu in Telugu: మెనూ, మెను, మెనూయింగ్
menu in Malayalam: അനുക്രമണിക
menu in Kannada: ಖಾದ್ಯಪಟ್ಟಿ, ತಿಂಡಿಯ ವಿವರ, ತಿನಿಸುಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯಪಟ್ಟಿ
menu in Punjabi: ਮੇਨੂ, ਮੀਨੂ, ਮੈਨੀਊ
menu in Gujarati: મેનુ, મેનૂ, મેન્યૂ
menu in Odia: ମେନୁ, ମେନ୍ଯ଼ୁଇଂ, ମେନୁଇଂ
menu in Nepali: मेनु, मेन्यू, मेनू
menu in Tagalog: putahe, talaulaman
menu in Arabic: قَائِمَة qāʔima, قَائِمَةُ طَعَام qāʔimatu ṭaʕām, قَائِمَةُ الطَّعَام qāʔimatu ṭ-ṭaʕām
menu in Thai: เมนู mee-nuu, รายการอาหาร raai-gaan aa-hǎan
menu in Vietnamese: thực đơn, bảng kê món ăn, trình đơn, danh mục
menu in Myanmar: မီနူး minu:

Examples of menu in a sentence

“Menuing a bisque allows you to charge another dollar or two for the soup.2001, Restaurant Business, volume 100, page 90, column 1:
He 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 3:
[…] scale chef who couldn’t resist menuing the classic.2003, Restaurant Business, volume 102, page 66, column 3:
Depending 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.2009, Chef, volume 53, page 20:

All 40 example sentences with menu

Forms of menu

Noun
plural	menus
alternative form	menoo
Verb
third-person singular present	menus
present participle	menuing
past participle	menued
past	menued
Proper noun
plural	Menus

Plural of menu: menus

Origin of menu

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Borrowed from French Menu.

Words formed from menu

Phrases with menu

Words that rhyme with menu

Questions about menu

What does menu mean?: Menu means the details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
What is menu in Hindi?: Menu in Hindi is मेनू (menū). See Menu meaning in Hindi.
How do you use menu in a sentence?: “Menuing a bisque allows you to charge another dollar or two for the soup.
What part of speech is menu?: Menu can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce menu?: Menu is pronounced /ˈmɛn.juː/ (UK).
What is the plural of menu?: The plural of menu is menus.

Words near menu in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: menu (page history and authors); Menu (page history and authors); menu (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menu (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); menu (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); menu (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menu (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); menu (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); menu (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); menu (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); menu (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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