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mézair

UK/meɪˈzɛː/

mézair noun: in manège, a movement comprising a series of levades with small steps between.

Noun

mézair (plural mézairs)

  1. (horse riding) In manège, a movement comprising a series of levades with small steps between.
    • With a mezair and a cut to the left and a pair of caprioles, Zelikman danced the horse through the tangle of men.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 28

Forms of mézair

pluralmézairs
alternative formmezair

Origin of mézair

From French mezzair, later mézair, from Italian mezz'aria, from mezzo (“middle”) + aria (“air”) (because it was originally a movement at height halfway between terre-à-terre and curvet).

Questions about mézair

What does mézair mean?
Mézair means in manège, a movement comprising a series of levades with small steps between.
What part of speech is mézair?
Mézair is a noun.
How do you pronounce mézair?
Mézair is pronounced /meɪˈzɛː/ (UK).
What is the plural of mézair?
The plural of mézair is mézairs.

Words near mézair in the dictionary

  1. métis
  2. Métis French
  3. métro
  4. métros
  5. México
  6. mézair
  7. mézairs
  8. Mézidon Vallée d'Auge
  9. Mézières
  10. mêlée
  11. mêlées

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