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menu

noun muh-NEW Less Common
Food & Drink Dishes

Origin: Latin minutus ('small, detailed')

Also means

set meal

Usage Note

menu in French restaurants can mean the printed list of dishes or a fixed-price set meal (as distinct from à la carte). Le menu du jour ('the daily set meal') is a staple of French lunch culture. As an adjective it means 'small, slender' but this sense is largely literary.

Examples

"Le menu du jour coûte douze euros."

Natural Translation

The daily set meal costs twelve euros.

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