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mezzo

Syllables: mez·zo/ˈmɛtsəʊ/US/ˈmɛtsoʊ/

mezzo noun: mezzo-soprano.

Noun

mezzo (plural mezzos)

  1. mezzo-soprano
    • Emily Golden, a mezzo who was adept in an especially wide range of roles;1983 January 2, John Rockwell, “New Opera May Have a Future After All”, in The New York Times

Adjective

mezzo (not comparable)

  1. At a middle level or scale, between micro and macro.
    • mezzo social work

mezzo meaning in Urdu

mezzo in Urdu

درمیانہ

Forms of mezzo

pluralmezzos

Origin of mezzo

(music): Clipping of mezzo-soprano

Words formed from mezzo

Phrases with mezzo

Questions about mezzo

What does mezzo mean?
Mezzo means mezzo-soprano.
What is mezzo in Urdu?
Mezzo in Urdu is درمیانہ. See Mezzo meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is mezzo?
Mezzo can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mezzo?
Mezzo is pronounced /ˈmɛtsoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of mezzo?
The plural of mezzo is mezzos.

Words near mezzo in the dictionary

  1. mezzanines
  2. mezzanining
  3. Mezzaselva
  4. mezze
  5. mezzes
  6. mezzo
  7. mezzo forte
  8. mezzo piano
  9. mezzo-relievo
  10. mezzo-relievos
  11. mezzo-rilievo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mezzo (page history and authors); mezzo (Urdu 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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