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

• “menuet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	menuet	menuetul		menuete	menuetele
genitive-dative	menuet	menuetului		menuete	menuetelor
vocative	menuetule			menuetelor