entresol

[ en-ter-sol, ahn-truh-, en-; French ahn-truh-sawl ]

/ ˈɛn tərˌsɒl, ˈɑn trə-, ˈɛn-; French ɑ̃ trəˈsɔl /

a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.

Origin of entresol

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

I hastened up stairs, sleeping in the entresol, and was at table with my uncle in three minutes.

The Chainbearer |J. Fenimore Cooper
She lived apart, in the entresol, alone with Camille and her body-servant Jeanne.

Grey Roses |Henry Harland
This is what the young woman on the entresol told me to give you, monsieur, when she went away.

Frdrique; vol. 2 |Charles Paul de Kock
There is a wonderful cheap world to be found in London, like an entresol between a palatial shop and a magnificent first floor.

A Word to Women |Mrs. C. E. Humphry

He would come down from the entresol and talk to his mother quite often.

A Family of Noblemen |Mikhal Saltykov

entresol

/ (ˌɒntrəˈsɒl, French ɑ̃trəsɔl) /

another name for mezzanine (def. 1)

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