Definitions for mezzo

mezzo mez·zo

Spelling: [met-soh, med-zoh, mez-oh]
IPA: /ˈmɛt soʊ, ˈmɛd zoʊ, ˈmɛz oʊ/

Mezzo is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 25 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in mezzo (emozz).

Definitions for mezzo

noun

  1. a mezzo-soprano.

adjective

  1. middle; medium; half.

Origin of mezzo

1805-15; Italian Latin medius middle

Examples for mezzo

Sir John Hawkins derives passamezzo from passer, to walk, and mezzo, the middle or half.

It is no longer a soprano; it is a mezzo and must be judged by quite different standards.

Why should not the child form a concept of forte and piano, and so get away from the deadly monotony of mezzo?

The mezzo termine can only be maintained by armed force—in fact, by conquest!

Francesco has a mezzo voce, which might, by a stretch of politeness, be called baritone.

Galli had a mezzo soprano voice, and first appeared at the Opera House.

The “mezzo Cammin” is a line too narrow for their eager steps.

He married in 1863 the mezzo soprano singer, Amalie Weiss, who died in 1899.

This passage was now full of poor people, to each of whom, in his passage to St. Peter's, the Pope gave a mezzo grosse.

We can all think of singers whose natural quality is mezzo—let us say—who try to force the voice up into a higher register.

Word Value for mezzo
Scrable

25

Words with friends

26

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