Mezzanine Definition

mĕzə-nēn, mĕzə-nēn
mezzanines
noun
mezzanines
A low-ceilinged story between two main stories in a building, usually immediately above the ground floor and in the form of a balcony projecting only partly over the floor below it.
Webster's New World
In some theaters, the first few rows of the balcony, separated from the others by an aisle.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of or relating to securities granting a claim on interest or assets that is subordinate to that of secured and senior debt but above that of equity.
American Heritage

(engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.

To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
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Other Word Forms of Mezzanine

Noun

Singular:
mezzanine
Plural:
mezzanines

Origin of Mezzanine

  • French from Italian mezzanino diminutive of mezzano middle from Latin mediānus in the middle median

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle"), from Latin medianus.

    From Wiktionary

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