parterre
noun/pɑːˈteə(r)/
/pɑːrˈter/
(from French)- a flat area in a garden, with plants arranged in a formal design
- (especially North American English) the lower level in a theatre where the audience sits, especially the area below the balcony
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, from par terre ‘on the ground’.
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