à la carte-meny

à la carte-meny

See also: a la carte-meny

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• a la carte-meny

Etymology

à la carte +‎ meny, first part from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈkaʈ.mənyː/, /alaˈkaʁt.mənyː/

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

Noun

à la carte-meny m (definite singular à la carte-menyen or a la carte-menyen, indefinite plural à la carte-menyer or a la carte-menyer, definite plural à la carte-menyene or a la carte-menyene)

1. an à la carte menu (menu at the restaurant with different dishes that guests can choose from)
   • 2015 April 15, Dagens Næringsliv‎^[dn.no]:

     [restauranten] har en smaksmeny med fem retter til 550 kroner som man [må] være minst to for å bestille. Men Salt og Pepper [pseudonymer for restaurantanmelderne] plukket heller fritt fra en lang à la carte-meny

     [the restaurant] has a tasting menu with five dishes for 550 kroner, where you [need] to be at least two to order. But Salt and Pepper [pseudonyms for restaurant reviewers] picked rather freely from a long à la carte menu

References

• “à la carte-meny” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).