mezzanine
French, noun/mɛ(d).za.nin/
mezzanine is spelled M-E-Z-Z-A-N-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mezzanine is a French feminine noun meaning “mezzanine; entresol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plancher intermédiaire n’occupant pas toute la surface de la pièce qu’il surplombe”.
What does mezzanine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemezzanine; entresol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plancher intermédiaire n’occupant pas toute la surface de la pièce qu’il surplombe. 2. Sorte d'étage intermédiaire situé entre le parterre et les balcons dans une salle de spectacle. 3. Une carte mezzanine est une carte électronique qui se monte en parallèle d’une carte mère. 4. Dette qui, dans un rachat d’entreprise par endettement, se situe entre la dette principale et les capitaux propres.
adjective: 1. Qualifie un type de fenêtre plus longue que haute et servant à éclairer un attique ou un entresol.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mezzanine
- mezzanines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mezzanine?
- /mɛ(d).za.nin/
- /me(d).za.nin/
- \mɛd.za.nin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mezzanine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mezzanine in French?
mezzanine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).