|mez ə n|ēn noun
also mezzanine floor or mezzanine story
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano middle, intermediate (from Latin medianus ) + -ino (diminutive suffix) — more at median
1.
a. : a low-ceilinged story between two main stories of a building ; especially : an intermediate or fractional story that projects in the form of a balcony over the ground story
b.
(1) : the lowest balcony in a theater
(2) : the first few rows of such a balcony
2. : a flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to a desired height or level
3. Britain : the floor beneath the stage of a theater from which trapdoors and other pieces of stage machinery are worked