le

masculine

/mə.ny/

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Translation

menu, set meal

Word origin

From the adjective menu ('small, detailed'), from Latin minutus ('made small'). A menu was first a detailed list of dishes, and English borrowed the noun in the nineteenth century.

Origin: Latin
Root: minutus
English cognates: menu, minute, diminish

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmenus

Examples

euros.

The set meal of the day costs fifteen euros.

l'.

The menus are displayed at the entrance.

She always takes the cheapest set meal.

This restaurant offers two different set meals.

The waiter brings us the menu.

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This word is part of lesson 57.