(music):Clipping ofmezzo-soprano
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mezzo (pluralmezzos)
mezzo (notcomparable)
Shortened form ofItalianmezzosoprano.
Unadapted borrowing fromItalianmezzo, fromLatinmedius.
mezzo
FromLatinmedius, whence also Italianmedio (a borrowed doublet).
mezzo (femininemezza,masculine pluralmezzi,feminine pluralmezze)
Inherited fromLatinmītius(“rather/too mild, mellow”,comparative neuter singular ofmītis(“mild”)).
mezzo (femininemezza,masculine pluralmezzi,feminine pluralmezze)