carte-meny

carte +‎ meny, first part from French carte (“card, chart”), from Latin charta (“paper, poem”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, book”). Last part from French menu (“menu”), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʈ.mənyː/, /ˈkaʁt.mənyː/

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• Rhymes: -ənyː
• Hyphenation: à‧la‧carte‧me‧ny

carte-meny m (definite singular carte-menyen, indefinite plural carte-menyer, definite plural carte-menyene)

1. Only used in à la carte-meny (“à la carte meny”)
2. Only used in a la carte-meny (“a la carte meny”)