menuet

English

Noun

menuet (plural menuets)

  1. (obsolete or in French contexts) Alternative form of minuet (“type of dance”)

French

Etymology

From Old French menuet ‘small, delicate’, from menu + diminutive suffix -et.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.nɥɛ/

Noun

menuet m (plural menuets)

  1. minuet

Descendants
  • → English: minuet
  • → Polish: menuet
  • → Spanish: minué

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menuet.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛˈnu.ɛt/
  • Rhymes: -uɛt
  • Syllabification: me‧nu‧et

Noun

menuet m animal (diminutive menuecik)

  1. minuet (slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance)
  2. (music) minuet (music accompanying the dance)

Declension
Declension of menuet
singular plural
nominative menuet menuety
genitive menueta menuetów
dative menuetowi menuetom
accusative menueta menuety
instrumental menuetem menuetami
locative menuecie menuetach
vocative menuecie menuety

Derived terms
adjective
  • menuetowy

Further reading
  • menuet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • menuet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French menuet.

Noun

menuet n (plural menuete)

  1. minuet

Declension
Declension of menuet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) menuet menuetul (niște) menuete menuetele
genitive/dative (unui) menuet menuetului (unor) menuete menuetelor
vocative menuetule menuetelor
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