1. a level garden area with flower beds arranged in patterns
2. the main floor of a theater, especially the area under the balcony
Usage: theater

Examples

• The palace gardens featured an elaborate parterre with geometric flower beds.
• Visitors admired the colorful parterre filled with roses and tulips.
• The formal parterre was designed in the French style.
• We had excellent seats in the parterre for the opera.
• The theater’s parterre was packed with eager audience members.
• From the balcony, she could see the entire parterre below.