Definitions for parterres

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parterres par·terre

Spelling: [pahr-tair]

IPA: /pɑrˈtɛər/

Parterres is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in parterres (aeeprrrst).

Definitions for parterres

noun

1. Also called parquet circle. the rear section of seats, and sometimes also the side sections, of the main floor of a theater, concert hall, or opera house.
2. an ornamental arrangement of flower beds of different shapes and sizes.

Origin of parterres

1630-40; French, noun use of phrase par terre on the ground. See per, terra

Examples for parterres

Nor were the dull-coloured occupants of the parterre alone in their attack.

And he returned through the parterre with slow and melancholy steps.

She occupied the first floor, and he the parterre, or ground floor.

If these are the flowers of the parterre, what must be the weeds?

With a bound he was in the parterre and said merely: Out, quick!

And again the working bees, down in the parterre, attracted his attention.

Then, finding all quiet, she stepped over the parterre, and ventured out on the walk.

Then, on emerging from the wood, on again reaching the parterre, he raised his eyes.

But she resumed: 'Would you like to go into the flower-garden, the parterre?

His evenings were largely spent in the parterre of the opera.