mezzanine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛzəˌniːn/, X-SAMPA: /"mEz@%ni:n/

Etymology

Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle”), from Latin medianus.

Noun

mezzanine (plural mezzanines)

1. A balcony in an auditorium.
2. A sub-floor, in between main floors of a building.

   On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.

Translations

mezzanine

• French: mezzanine (fr)
• Greek: ημιόροφος (el) (imiórofos) m 
• Macedonian: меѓуспрат (mk) (méǵusprat) m, меѓукат (mk) (méǵukat) m, мезанин (mk) (mezanín) m

• Norwegian: mesanin (no) m
• Russian: мезонин (ru) (mezonín) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мезанин (sh) m, међуспрат (sh) m, полуспрат (sh) m

  Roman: mezanin (sh) m, međusprat (sh) m, polusprat (sh) m

• Spanish: entresuelo (es) m, entrepiso (es) m

Adjective

mezzanine (not comparable)

1. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.

   To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.