menuise

See also: menuisé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.nɥiz/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French menuise, itself inherited from Latin minūtia. Doublet of minutie.

Noun

menuise f (plural menuises) (archaic)

1. sprat
2. (fishing) fry
3. smallwood (wood too small to be used in carpentry, instead burned or used for charcoal)
4. (hunting) dust shot, rat shot, snake shot, mustard seed (very small lead shot)

Related terms

• amenuiser
• menuiserie
• menuisier

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

menuise

1. inflection of menuiser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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