menuet
English
Noun
menuet (plural menuets)
- (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)
Descendants
Further reading
- “menuet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Polish menuet
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈnu.ɛt/
- Rhymes: -uɛt
- Syllabification: me‧nu‧et
Noun
menuet m animal (diminutive menuecik)
- minuet (slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance)
- (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[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “menuet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
menuet n (plural menuete)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | menuet | menuetul | menuete | menuetele |
| genitive-dative | menuet | menuetului | menuete | menuetelor |
| vocative | menuetule | menuetelor | ||