parterre
Meanings
Noun
1. part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds
2. the part of a theater between the stalls and the rear
a. the members of a theater audience seated in the parterre (by extension)
b. an assembly or group of people (by analogy)
Examples6
Ne marche pas dans le parterre de fleurs.
Don't step in the flower bed.
Il était entouré d'un parterre de journalistes.
He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
Il y avait un parterre de fleurs au milieu du jardin.
There was a flower bed in the middle of the garden.
Le parterre de fleurs doit être arrosé.
The flower garden needs watering.
Il s'est penché pour voir des insectes dans le parterre de fleurs.
He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.
Il épandait du paillis dans les parterres de fleurs.
He was spreading mulch in the flower beds.