English Explanatory Dictionary

mézair

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In manège, a movement comprising a series of levades with small steps between.

Pronunciation

/meɪˈzɛː/

Word forms

mézair mézairs mezair

Etymology

From French mezzair, later mézair, from Italian mezz'aria, from mezzo (“middle”) + aria (“air”) (because it was originally a movement at height halfway between terre-à-terre and curvet).

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