mezzo

Clipping of mezzo-soprano

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtsoʊ/, /ˈmɛdzoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtsəʊ/, /ˈmɛdzəʊ/

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• Hyphenation: mez‧zo

mezzo (plural mezzos)

1. (music) mezzo-soprano
   • 1983 January 2, John Rockwell, “New Opera May Have a Future After All”, in The New York Times:

     Emily Golden, a mezzo who was adept in an especially wide range of roles;

Shortened form of Italian mezzosoprano.

mezzo f (plural mezzos)

1. mezzo, mezzo-soprano

• “mezzo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛd.d͡zo/
• Rhymes: -ɛddzo
• Hyphenation: mèz‧zo

mezzo m (plural mezzi)

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

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

1. half

• mezzano

Inherited from Latin mītius (“rather/too mild, mellow”, comparative neuter singular of mītis (“mild”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmet.t͡so/, /ˈmɛt.t͡so/, /ˈmed.d͡zo/, /ˈmɛd.d͡zo/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ettso, -ɛttso, -eddzo, -ɛddzo
• Hyphenation: méz‧zo, mèz‧zo

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

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

• mezzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

• mozze