Parterre
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɑːˈtɛə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Parterre is a noun meaning (horticulture) A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
Meaning
(horticulture) A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
More Meanings
- (horticulture) A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
- (theater) A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
- (theater, by extension) That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.
- (US, New York) An apartment balcony.
Example Sentences
The window opened towards a most lovely garden, whose smooth turf and gorgeous parterres swept down to the river.
That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
Word Forms
- parterres
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include down, flower-bed, garden, border, box bed, parquet.
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