[mez.za.nine] n [F, fr. It mezzanino, fr. mezzano middle, fr. L medianus middle, median] (1711) 1: a low-ceilinged story between two main stories of a building; esp: an intermediate story that projects in the form of a balcony
2. a: the lowest balcony in a theater b: the first few rows of such a balcony