entresol

en·tre·sol

[en-ter-sol, ahn-truh-, en-; French ahn-truh-sawl]
noun, plural en·tre·sols [-solz; French -sawl] . Architecture.
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.

Origin:
1765–75; < French: literally, between-floor, equivalent to entre- inter- + sol floor < Latin solum ground

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entresol (ˌɒntrəˈsɒl, French ɑ̃trəsɔl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
another name for mezzanine
 
[C18: from French, literally: between floors, from entre-inter- + sol floor, ground, from Latin solum]

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Entresol is always a great word to know.
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