entresol

en·tre·sol

 (ĕn′tər-sŏl′, ĕn′trə-, ŏn-trə-sôl′)

n.

A mezzanine, especially one just above the ground floor of a building.

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[French : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + sol, floor (from Latin solum).]

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entresol

(ˌɒntrəˈsɒl; French ɑ̃trəsɔl)

n

(Architecture) another name for mezzanine¹

[C18: from French, literally: between floors, from entre- inter- + sol floor, ground, from Latin solum]

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en•tre•sol

(ˈɛn tərˌsɒl, ˈɑn trə-, ˈɛn-)

n.

a low story in a building between the ground floor and the floor above; mezzanine.

[1765–75; < French: literally, between-floor =entre- inter- + sol floor < Latin solum ground]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

entresol - intermediate floor just above the ground floor mezzanine floor, mezzanine storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Translations

Mezzanin