different between meze vs mezzo

English

Alternative forms

• mezze, mazzeh, mazze

Etymology

From Turkish meze and Greek ????? (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish ???? (meze), from Persian ???? (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?ze?/

Noun

meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)

1. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish and Greek cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.

Further reading

• meze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mzee

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?z?]

Noun

meze f

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

meze

1. in the middle of, amid
   • 1908, J. Arbes, trans. by Jos. Gr?a, Rakontoj

     Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malri?a, mizera ?ambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sor?e 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, trans. by Edwin Grobe, "Konfeso de Mortanto", Tri Noveloj

     Imagu kion li devis eksenti veki?inte meze de tiu senvo?a silento kaj ?irka?spektadinte 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, trans. by Odd Tangerud, La kolonoj de la socio, ?ISBN

     Meze sur la kontra?a pordo estas pli granda enir-pordo.

     On the middle of the opposite door is a larger entrance door.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mèza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ze/
• Hyphenation: me?ze

Noun

mèze n (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension

Derived terms

• mèzetiti
• zamèzetiti

References

• “meze” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• Škalji?, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462

English

Etymology

Clipping of mezzo-soprano

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?tso?/, /?m?dzo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?ts??/, /?m?dz??/
• Hyphenation: mez?zo

Noun

mezzo (plural mezzos)

1. (music) mezzo-soprano

French

Etymology

Shortened form of Italian mezzosoprano.

Noun

mezzo f (plural mezzos)

1. mezzo, mezzo-soprano

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin medius, whence also Italian medio (a borrowed doublet).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d.d?zo/
• Hyphenation: mèz?zo
• Rhymes: -?ddzo

Noun

mezzo m (plural mezzi)

1. half, middle
2. means, method
3. vehicle

Adjective

mezzo (feminine mezza, masculine plural mezzi, feminine plural mezze)

1. half

Derived terms

Related terms

• mezzano

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin m?tius (“rather/too mild, mellow”, comparative neuter singular of m?tis (“mild”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?med.d?zo/
• Rhymes: -eddzo
• Hyphenation: méz?zo

Adjective

mezzo (feminine mezza, masculine plural mezzi, feminine plural mezze)

1. overripe (of fruit)
2. drenched (soaking wet)
3. soft, flabby

Anagrams

• mozze