parterres

Meaning of parterres

plural noun
  1. a level space in a garden occupied by an ornamental arrangement of flower beds.
    he was planting bulbs in the parterre for a spring display
  2. the part of the ground floor of a theatre auditorium behind the orchestra pit, especially the part beneath the balconies.

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

Information about parterres

Hyphenation of parterres

parter-res

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • parterres is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of parterres

prearrest

Words that rhyme with parterres

Barres, Desmarres, bagarres, barres, bizarres, darres, garres, scarres, simarres, tarres, Gerres, Sancerres, Serres, gerres, serres, sperres, chirres, stirres, Torres, beurres, kurres, murres

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