meze

See also: mêze and Mèze

English

Alternative forms

• mazza, mezze, mazzeh, mazze

Etymology

From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Iranian Persian مَزِه (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛzeɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)

1. 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.

Translations

small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine

• Albanian: meze (sq) f
• Arabic: مَزَّة (ar) f (mazza)

  Hijazi Arabic: مزة (mazza)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: məzə
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅澤 / 梅泽

• French: mezzé (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: μεζές (el) m (mezés)
• Japanese: メゼ (meze)
• Korean: 메제 (meje)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: meze (ku)

• Macedonian: мезе n (meze)
• Ottoman Turkish: مزه (meze)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مَزِه (fa) (maze)

• Russian: мезе́ (ru) n (mezɛ́)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐзе n

  Roman: mèze (sh) n

• Turkish: meze (tr)
• Urdu: میزے (meze)

Further reading

• meze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mzee

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]

Noun

meze f

1. inflection of mez:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Esperanto

Etymology

From mezo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeze/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eze
• Syllabification: me‧ze

Adverb

meze

1. in the middle of, amid
   • 1908, J. Arbes, translated by Jos. Grňa, Rakontoj‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1999, Mark Twain, “Konfeso de Mortanto”, in Edwin Grobe, transl., Tri Noveloj‎^[2]:

     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!

   • 2006, Henrik Ibsen, translated 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.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mèza

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to mezètluk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měze/
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

Noun

mèze n (Cyrillic spelling мѐзе)

1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension

Declension of meze

	singular	plural
nominative	meze	meza
genitive	meza	meza
dative	mezu	mezima
accusative	meze	meza
vocative	meze	meza
locative	mezu	mezima
instrumental	mezem	mezima

Derived terms

• mèzetiti
• zamèzetiti

References

• “meze”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈze/
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

Noun

meze (definite accusative mezeyi, plural mezeler)

1. appetizer, snack
2. (figuratively) anything funny, pleasant or amusing

Declension

Declension of meze

singular plural nominative meze mezeler definite accusative mezeyi mezeleri dative mezeye mezelere locative mezede mezelerde ablative mezeden mezelerden genitive mezenin mezelerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular mezem mezelerim 2nd singular mezen mezelerin 3rd singular mezesi mezeleri 1st plural mezemiz mezelerimiz 2nd plural mezeniz mezeleriniz 3rd plural mezeleri mezeleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular mezemi mezelerimi 2nd singular mezeni mezelerini 3rd singular mezesini mezelerini 1st plural mezemizi mezelerimizi 2nd plural mezenizi mezelerinizi 3rd plural mezelerini mezelerini dative singular plural 1st singular mezeme mezelerime 2nd singular mezene mezelerine 3rd singular mezesine mezelerine 1st plural mezemize mezelerimize 2nd plural mezenize mezelerinize 3rd plural mezelerine mezelerine locative singular plural 1st singular mezemde mezelerimde 2nd singular mezende mezelerinde 3rd singular mezesinde mezelerinde 1st plural mezemizde mezelerimizde 2nd plural mezenizde mezelerinizde 3rd plural mezelerinde mezelerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular mezemden mezelerimden 2nd singular mezenden mezelerinden 3rd singular mezesinden mezelerinden 1st plural mezemizden mezelerimizden 2nd plural mezenizden mezelerinizden 3rd plural mezelerinden mezelerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular mezemin mezelerimin 2nd singular mezenin mezelerinin 3rd singular mezesinin mezelerinin 1st plural mezemizin mezelerimizin 2nd plural mezenizin mezelerinizin 3rd plural mezelerinin mezelerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular mezeyim mezelerim 2nd singular mezesin mezelersin 3rd singular meze mezedir mezeler mezelerdir 1st plural mezeyiz mezeleriz 2nd plural mezesiniz mezelersiniz 3rd plural mezeler mezelerdir

Derived terms

• mezeci
• mezelemek
• mezelenmek
• mezelik

Further reading

• “meze”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “meze”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “meze”, in Nişanyan Sözlük