noun

mezzanine

MEH-zuh-neen

noun

A partial floor built between two main floors of a building, often overlooking the floor below.

"The office added a mezzanine level for extra desks."

"From the mezzanine, you could see the whole ground-floor lobby."

The lowest balcony section of seats in a theatre or cinema.

"We had great seats in the mezzanine, just above the orchestra section."

How to Use Mezzanine

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA half-level floor tucked between two full floors, or the low balcony seats in a theatre.

Common pairings

mezzanine level mezzanine floor mezzanine seating

mezzanined past tense, mezzanines plural, mezzanines singular

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From Italian mezzanino, from mezzano ("middle"), ultimately from Latin medius ("middle").

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