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Yes. The word mezzanine is a Scrabble US word. The word mezzanine is worth 29 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mezzanine is a Scrabble UK word and has 29 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

MEZZANINE,

7-letter words (1 found)

ENAMINE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ENZIAN,MEANIE,MIZZEN,

5-letter words (16 found)

AINEE,AMENE,AMINE,ANIME,AZINE,ENEMA,EZINE,INANE,MAIZE,MEANE,MEZZE,MINAE,MIZEN,NIZAM,ZANZE,ZAZEN,

4-letter words (33 found)

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3-letter words (29 found)

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2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AI,AM,AN,EA,EE,EM,EN,IN,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,ZA,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of mezzanine

mezzanine

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from French mezzanine, and from its etymon Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“(adjective) middle; (noun) go-between”) + -ino (diminutive suffix). Mezzano is derived from Latin mediānus (“central, middle”, adjective), from medius (“mid, middle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛzəniːn/, /ˌmɛzəˈniːn/, /ˈmɛtsə-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛzˌnin/, /ˌmɛzˈnin/, /ˈmɛzəˌnin/, /ˌmɛzəˈnin/
  • Rhymes: (some pronunciations) -iːn
  • Hyphenation: mez‧zan‧ine

Noun

mezzanine (plural mezzanines)

  1. (architecture)
    1. An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.
    2. (by extension) An apartment, room, etc., on such an intermediate floor.
    3. (Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle.
    4. (obsolete)
      1. Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
      2. In full mezzanine window: a small window at the height of a mezzanine floor (sense 1.1) or an attic, used to light these floors.
  2. (theater, obsolete) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.

Derived terms

  • mezzanine board
  • mezzanine capital
  • mezzanine debt
  • mezzanine financing
  • mezzanine floor

Translations

Adjective

mezzanine (not comparable)

  1. (banking, business) Characteristic of or relating to high-interest loans which have no collateral, and are regarded as intermediate in nature, ranking above equity but below secured loans.
  2. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.

Translations

Verb

mezzanine (third-person singular simple present mezzanines, present participle mezzanining, simple past and past participle mezzanined)

  1. (transitive) To fit (a building or other place) with a mezzanine floor.

References

Further reading

  • mezzanine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • mezzanine (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“(adjective) middle; (noun) go-between”) + -ino (diminutive suffix). Mezzano is derived from Latin mediānus (“central, middle”, adjective), from medius (“mid, middle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ(d).za.nin/, /me(d).za.nin/

Noun

mezzanine f (plural mezzanines)

  1. (architecture) mezzanine; entresol

Descendants

  • → English: mezzanine

Further reading

  • “mezzanine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org