mezzanine
Syllables: mez·zan·ine/ˈmɛzəniːn/US/ˈmɛzəˌnin/
mezzanine noun: an intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
Noun
mezzanine (plural mezzanines)
- An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
- On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.
- [W]ater closet on mezzanine provided with opaque singlepane oblong window, tipup seat, bracket lamp, brass tierod brace, armrests, footstool and artistic oleograph on inner face of door: […]1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 666
- An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
- The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
- Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
- In full mezzanine window: a small window at the height of a mezzanine floor (sense 1.1) or an attic, used to light these floors.
- A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
Adjective
mezzanine (not comparable)
- Characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
- This new vehicle funded the purchases of these tranches by issuing fixed-income interests to investors who were seeking high returns and who were willing to believe that by repackaging mezzanine tranches in MBS structures, some tranches could be designated as safe enough to obtain a AAA or AA...2020, Katharina Pistor, chapter 4, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
- To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
Verb
mezzanine (third-person singular simple present mezzanines, present participle mezzanining, simple past and past participle mezzanined)
mezzanine meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog
mezzanine in Tamil
- இடைமாடி
mezzanine in Urdu
- دوچھتی, مچان
mezzanine in Kannada
- ಮುಂದೊಟ್ಟಿ
mezzanine in Tagalog
- intermediate floor
- entreswelo
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Examples of mezzanine in a sentence
- In order to fit more racks, companies put in several mezzanine levels.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London...
- On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
Forms of mezzanine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mezzanines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mezzanines |
| present participle | mezzanining |
| past participle | mezzanined |
| past | mezzanined |
Origin of mezzanine
PIE word *médʰyos The noun is borrowed from French mezzanine, and from its etymon Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“(adjective) middle; (noun) go-between”) + -ino (diminutive suffix). Mezzano is derived from Latin mediānus (“central, middle”, adjective), from medius (“mid, middle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
Words formed from mezzanine
- mezzanine board
- mezzanine capital
- mezzanine debt
- mezzanine financing
- mezzanine floor
Phrases with mezzanine
Words that rhyme with mezzanine
Questions about mezzanine
- What does mezzanine mean?
- Mezzanine means an intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
- What is mezzanine in Tamil?
- Mezzanine in Tamil is இடைமாடி. See Mezzanine meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use mezzanine in a sentence?
- In order to fit more racks, companies put in several mezzanine levels.
- What part of speech is mezzanine?
- Mezzanine can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mezzanine?
- Mezzanine is pronounced /ˈmɛzəniːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mezzanine?
- The plural of mezzanine is mezzanines.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mezzanine (page history and authors); mezzanine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mezzanine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mezzanine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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