different between mezzanine vs terrace

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle”), from Latin medianus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?z??ni?n/, /?m?z??ni?n/

Noun

mezzanine (plural mezzanines)

1. A secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building; entresol.
2. A small window used to light such a secondary floor.
3. The lowest balcony in an auditorium.
4. Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
5. (theater) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.

Translations

Adjective

mezzanine (not comparable)

1. (engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.

   To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mezzanino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me(d).za.nin/, /m?(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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

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See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

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Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace