entresol

[ en-ter-sol, ahn-truh-, en-; French ahn-truh-sawl ]
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noun,plural en·tre·sols [en-ter-solz, ahn-truh-, en-; French ahn-truh-sawl]. /ˈɛn tərˌsɒlz, ˈɑn trə-, ˈɛn-; French ɑ̃ trəˈsɔl/. Architecture.
  1. a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.

Origin of entresol

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

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entresol

/ (ˌɒntrəˈsɒl, French ɑ̃trəsɔl) /


noun
  1. another name for mezzanine (def. 1)

Origin of entresol

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

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