"submenu" meaning in English

See submenu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-uk-submenu.ogg [UK] Forms: submenus [plural]
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  1. (computing, graphical user interface) A secondary menu available through another menu, especially one that branches off the first. Translations (secondary menu available through another menu): alivalikko (Finnish), sous-menu (French), Untermenü [neuter] (German), fo-roghchlár [masculine] (Irish), サブメニュー (sabumenyū) (Japanese), 서브메뉴 (seobeumenyu) (Korean), undermeny [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), undermeny [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), podmenu [neuter] (Polish), подменю́ (podmenjú) [neuter] (Russian), undermeny [common-gender] (Swedish), alt menü (Turkish)

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