entresol

[ en-ter-sol, ahn-truh-, en-; French ahn-truh-sawl ]

noun

, Architecture.

, plural en·tre·sols [en, -ter-solz, ahn, -tr, uh, -, en, -, ah, n, -t, r, uh, -, sawl].

1. a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.

entresol

/ ɑ̃trəsɔl; ˌɒntrəˈsɒl /

noun

1. another name for mezzanine

Word History and Origins

Origin of entresol¹

1765–75; < French: literally, between-floor, equivalent to entre- inter- + sol floor < Latin solum ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of entresol¹

C18: from French, literally: between floors, from entre- inter- + sol floor, ground, from Latin solum

Example Sentences

In the entresol below lived Camille Desmoulins and his wife in 1792.

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The wedding party went back to this apartment—on the second floor above the entresol—for the dner de noces.

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I hastened up stairs, sleeping in the entresol, and was at table with my uncle in three minutes.

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The central part is carried up a story and an entresol higher than the wings, and, like the wings, is capped by a balustrade.

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Prime feature of all the year to the little Hamiltons, on the entresol, was their Christmas tree.

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