meze

• mazza, mezze, mazzeh, mazze

From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛzeɪ/

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meze (countable and uncountable, plural mezes or mezedes)

1. Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.

• meze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• mzee

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]

meze f

1. inflection of mez:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From mezo +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeze/

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• Rhymes: -eze
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

meze

1. in the middle of, amid
   • 1908, J. Arbes, translated by Jos. Grňa, Rakontoj‎^[1]:

     Lia rigardo ekrondis en la malriĉa, mizera ĉambreto kaj fiksis sur la blondulino, sidanta en luksa balvesto meze de plej mizera meblaro plej sorĉe lumigita.

     His regard started around the poor, miserable small room and fixed upon the blond woman sitting in luxurious party clothing in the middle of most miserable furniture most bewitchingly illuminated.

   • 1999, Mark Twain, “Konfeso de Mortanto”, in Edwin Grobe, transl., Tri Noveloj‎^[2]:

     Imagu kion li devis eksenti vekiĝinte meze de tiu senvoĉa silento kaj ĉirkaŭspektadinte tiun malgajan mortintaron!

     Think what it must have been to wake up in the midst of that voiceless hush and look out over that grim congregation of the dead!

   • 2006, Henrik Ibsen, translated by Odd Tangerud, La kolonoj de la socio, →ISBN:

     Meze sur la kontraŭa pordo estas pli granda enir-pordo.

     On the middle of the opposite door is a larger entrance door.

• mèza

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to mezètluk.

• IPA^(key): /měze/
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

mèze n (Cyrillic spelling мѐзе)

1. (regional) snack, bite

• mèzetiti
• zamèzetiti

• “meze”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze).

• IPA^(key): /meˈze/
• Hyphenation: me‧ze

meze (definite accusative mezeyi, plural mezeler)

1. appetizer, snack
2. (figuratively) anything funny, pleasant or amusing

• “meze”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “meze”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “meze”, in Nişanyan Sözlük