mezzanine

[ mez-uh-neen, mez-uh-neen ]
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noun
  1. the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.

  2. a low story between two other stories of greater height in a building, especially when the low story and the one beneath it form part of one composition; an entresol.

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Origin of mezzanine

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1705–15; <French <Italian mezzanino, equivalent to mezzan(o) middle (<Latin mediānusmedian) + -ino diminutive suffix

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How to use mezzanine in a sentence

  • In the windows of the mezzanine, where Missyuss had her room, shone a bright light, and then a faint green glow.

  • Never before had old Mr. Beagle (watching delightedly from the mezzanine balcony) seen such a floorwalker.

    Where the Blue Begins | Christopher Morley
  • A moment later I saw Kennedy bow and, following the direction of his eyes, looked up to a sort of mezzanine gallery.

    The Social Gangster | Arthur B. Reeve
  • We shall be living in the large house near the spring, on the mezzanine floor.

    A Hero of Our Time | M. Y. Lermontov

British Dictionary definitions for mezzanine

mezzanine

/ (ˈmɛzəˌniːn, ˈmɛtsəˌniːn) /


noun
  1. Also called: mezzanine floor, entresol an intermediate storey, esp a low one between the ground and first floor of a building

  2. theatre, US and Canadian the first balcony

  1. theatre, British a room or floor beneath the stage

adjective
  1. of or relating to an intermediate stage in a financial process: mezzanine funding Often shortened to: mezz

Origin of mezzanine

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C18: from French, from Italian, diminutive of mezzano middle, from Latin mediānus median

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