meze
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)
- Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.
Further reading
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
meze f
- inflection of mez:
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
meze
- in the middle of, amid
- 1908, J. Arbes, trans. by Jos. Grňa, Rakontoj
- Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malriĉa, mizera ĉambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sorĉe lumigita.
- His regard started around the poor, miserable small room and fixed upon the blond woman sitting in luxurious party clothing in the middle of most miserable furniture most bewitchingly illuminated.
- Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malriĉa, mizera ĉambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sorĉe lumigita.
- 1999, Mark Twain, trans. by Edwin Grobe, "Konfeso de Mortanto", Tri Noveloj
- Imagu kion li devis eksenti vekiĝinte meze de tiu senvoĉa silento kaj ĉirkaŭspektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!
- Think what it must have been to wake up in the midst of that voiceless hush and look out over that grim congregation of the dead!
- Imagu kion li devis eksenti vekiĝinte meze de tiu senvoĉa silento kaj ĉirkaŭspektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!
- 2006, Henrik Ibsen, trans. by Odd Tangerud, La kolonoj de la socio, →ISBN
- Meze sur la kontraŭa pordo estas pli granda enir-pordo.
- On the middle of the opposite door is a larger entrance door.
- 1908, J. Arbes, trans. by Jos. Grňa, Rakontoj
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to mezètluk.
Pronunciation
Noun
mèze n (Cyrillic spelling мѐзе)
Declension
Declension of meze
Derived terms
References
- “meze” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462
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