[pɑːˈtɛː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a level space in a garden occupied by an ornamental arrangement of flower beds
(e.g: he was planting bulbs in the parterre for a spring display)

- the part of the ground floor of a theatre auditorium behind the orchestra pit, especially the part beneath the balconies


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Origin:
early 17th century: from French, from par terre ‘on the ground’