meny
Finnish
Noun
meny
- misspelling of menyy (“menu”)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *mińä. Cognate with Northern Mansi мань (manʹ) and Finnish miniä.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛɲ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲ
Noun
meny (plural menyek)
- daughter-in-law
- Coordinate term: vő
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | meny | menyek |
| accusative | menyet | menyeket |
| dative | menynek | menyeknek |
| instrumental | mennyel | menyekkel |
| causal-final | menyért | menyekért |
| translative | mennyé | menyekké |
| terminative | menyig | menyekig |
| essive-formal | menyként | menyekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | menyben | menyekben |
| superessive | menyen | menyeken |
| adessive | menynél | menyeknél |
| illative | menybe | menyekbe |
| sublative | menyre | menyekre |
| allative | menyhez | menyekhez |
| elative | menyből | menyekből |
| delative | menyről | menyekről |
| ablative | menytől | menyektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
menyé | menyeké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
menyéi | menyekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | menyem | menyeim |
| 2nd person sing. | menyed | menyeid |
| 3rd person sing. | menye | menyei |
| 1st person plural | menyünk | menyeink |
| 2nd person plural | menyetek | menyeitek |
| 3rd person plural | menyük | menyeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Further reading
- meny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Middle English
Noun
meny
- alternative form of meyne
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French menu (“menu; detailed list”), from Middle French menu (“small”), from Old French menu (“small”), from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Italic *minwō, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), either *mi-néw-ti or *mi-néh₁-ti.
Pronunciation
Noun
meny m (definite singular menyen, indefinite plural menyer, definite plural menyene)
- a menu
Derived terms
References
- “meny” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
meny m (definite singular menyen, indefinite plural menyar, definite plural menyane)
- a menu
Derived terms
References
- “meny” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeni]
Noun
meny f
- inflection of mena:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈnyː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
meny c
- a menu (list of dishes)
- Synonym: matsedel
- 1986, Lasse Holm, “Cannelloni, macaroni”[1]:
- I Paris, i New York City, London och Bombay har man specialmenyer. Ingenting för mig! Ge mig macaroni, cannelloni och lasagne. Spaghetti och därmed pasta [pun on och därmed basta]! Bara nämn dom vid namn.
- In Paris, in New York City, London and Bombay they [one] have special menus. Not [something] for me! Give me macaroni, cannelloni and lasagna. Spaghetti, and that's final! Just mention them by name.
- (graphical user interface) a menu (list of choices)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | meny | menys |
| definite | menyn | menyns | |
| plural | indefinite | menyer | menyers |
| definite | menyerna | menyernas |