parterren.

Brit.

/pɑːˈtɛː/, U.S.

/pɑrˈtɛ(ə)r/

Forms: 1600s parter, 1600s partier, 1600s–1700s parterr, 1600s– parterre, 1700s parteare.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parterre.

Etymology: < French parterre ground, floor (1549 in Middle French), part of a park or garden with flower beds or lawn (1579), part of the ground floor of a theatre where the public sit down (1668) < par on, over (see per prep.) + terre terre n.

a. A level space in a garden occupied by an ornamental arrangement of flower beds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > flower-bed > parterre

parterrea1625

parterra1634

a1625 T. Pont Cuninghame (1876) 80 Blair-Castle is ane ancient castell..vith gardens orchards and partiers.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 102 A fayre fountaine in the middle of the Parterre.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 181 Large Parterrs in the middle, and large Fountains of Water, which constantly play.

1708 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 381 150 Turff for y^e sloops & verges in y^e Parteare of the Castle.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 323 Like a parterre of Tulips.

a1744 A. Pope Ethic Epist. (1747) ii. 88 Tir'd of the scene parterres and fountains yield, He finds at last he better likes a field.

1806 J. Dallaway Obs. Eng. Archit. 246 The chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham stands in a parterre of flowers.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 53 A paling, cleaned with constant care, Surrounds ten yards of neat parterre.

1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf I. iii. 65 A fine old iron gate opened upon a broad gravel drive, which made the circuit of a well-kept parterre.

1955 E. Waugh in Encounter Dec. 15/2 He prefers herbaceous borders and flowering shrubs to the formal parterres which require two dozen gardeners.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 24 Aug. 37/4 There are plenty of opportunities to study knot and parterre gardens.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 197 See! that Chamber! are you not, as you look round, in a beautiful Parterre?

1801 Portfolio 3 Jan. 4/1 If the Lay Preacher..should accomplish three works of this class, it will be something novel in the history of literary adventure... From this gay parterre of miscellany it will then be seasonable and safe to turn away.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. i. 11 The casket was soon open before them, and the various jewels spread out, making a bright parterre on the table.

1889 Illustr. London News 16 Mar. 322 I cull these flowers from two parterres of opposite politics.

1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Features section) A constant crowd surrounding Jan Palach's memorial, where candles provide a parterre of melted wax.

†2. A level space on which a house or settlement stands. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s)

toft1001

stead1246

sole1417

sitea1443

plota1450

toftstead1524

ground-plat?a1560

ground-plot1580

seat1615

parterre1671

building-lot1701

emplacement1780

steading1822

building-place1839

block1840

subdivision1857

building-ground1858

building-estate1885

building-land1905

island site1907

island plot1908

tract1912

1671 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revol. Empire Great Mogul I. 16 Moreover it is required for the beauty of an house, that it be seated in the midst of some great parterre.

1876 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 318 The village stands upon a small parterre.

3. The part of the ground floor of a theatre in front of the orchestra; the stalls; (U.S.) the part of an auditorium beneath the galleries. Also: the occupants of this area. Cf. parquet n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > pit or ground floor

yard1609

ground1631

pit1649

ground-stand1659

cockpit1698

parterre1711

parquet1773

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 29. ¶8 The Chorus..gives the Parterre frequent Opportunities of joining in Consort with the Stage.

1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 41 (1756) I. 263 The Parterre..turned their Backs to the Stage, and blew their Noses.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 197 The parterre or pit is likewise adorned with several statues.

1835 H. Greville Diary 69 She appeared on the stage wearing son ruban tricolor, which so enraged the parterre..that she was obliged to take it off.

1836 T. Power Impressions of Amer. (ed. 2) I. 92 A narrower selvage round the vast area of our parterre.

1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 884/1 The parterre and the..‘first’ tier are distributed among the stockholders.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 6/3 The American parterre system, which has been so successful at the Theatre Royal.

1977 Y. Menuhin Unfinished Journey xv. 321 The Liederhalle places its irregularly oval parterre between a curving wall of wood and another of streaked stone, and threads it with winding aisles.

1989 R. Pflaum Grand Obsession ix. 141 The front rows of that staid, time-hallowed hall resembled the parterre at the opening of a popular author's latest play.

Derivatives

parˈterred adj. laid out in a parterre or parterres.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [adjective] > laid out in beds

knotted1598

parterred1816

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 203 What must have been the beautiful Hougoumont,—with its wild orchard, its parterred flower garden, its gently-dignified chateau.

1994 R. Shepherd Some are Drowning 18 Parterred gray sand with styrofoam and crushed Coke cans.

2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 Oct. 19 Dunbar's Close garden, with its espaliered apple trees and parterred beds of lavender and thyme.

parˈterre-like adj.

ΚΠ

a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus i. iii, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 158 The brilliant season's gay parterre-like room.

2000 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 4 May (Homes & Gardens section) 31 European formality defines the parterre-like kitchen garden at the back yard's north end.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parterre
释义	parterren. Brit. /pɑːˈtɛː/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1600s parter, 1600s partier, 1600s–1700s parterr, 1600s– parterre, 1700s parteare. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parterre. Etymology: < French parterre ground, floor (1549 in Middle French), part of a park or garden with flower beds or lawn (1579), part of the ground floor of a theatre where the public sit down (1668) < par on, over (see per prep.) + terre terre n. 1. a. A level space in a garden occupied by an ornamental arrangement of flower beds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > flower-bed > parterre parterrea1625 parterra1634 a1625 T. Pont Cuninghame (1876) 80 Blair-Castle is ane ancient castell..vith gardens orchards and partiers. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 102 A fayre fountaine in the middle of the Parterre. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 181 Large Parterrs in the middle, and large Fountains of Water, which constantly play. 1708 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 381 150 Turff for y^e sloops & verges in y^e Parteare of the Castle. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 323 Like a parterre of Tulips. a1744 A. Pope Ethic Epist. (1747) ii. 88 Tir'd of the scene parterres and fountains yield, He finds at last he better likes a field. 1806 J. Dallaway Obs. Eng. Archit. 246 The chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham stands in a parterre of flowers. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 53 A paling, cleaned with constant care, Surrounds ten yards of neat parterre. 1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf I. iii. 65 A fine old iron gate opened upon a broad gravel drive, which made the circuit of a well-kept parterre. 1955 E. Waugh in Encounter Dec. 15/2 He prefers herbaceous borders and flowering shrubs to the formal parterres which require two dozen gardeners. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 24 Aug. 37/4 There are plenty of opportunities to study knot and parterre gardens. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 197 See! that Chamber! are you not, as you look round, in a beautiful Parterre? 1801 Portfolio 3 Jan. 4/1 If the Lay Preacher..should accomplish three works of this class, it will be something novel in the history of literary adventure... From this gay parterre of miscellany it will then be seasonable and safe to turn away. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. i. 11 The casket was soon open before them, and the various jewels spread out, making a bright parterre on the table. 1889 Illustr. London News 16 Mar. 322 I cull these flowers from two parterres of opposite politics. 1990 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Features section) A constant crowd surrounding Jan Palach's memorial, where candles provide a parterre of melted wax. †2. A level space on which a house or settlement stands. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) toft1001 stead1246 sole1417 sitea1443 plota1450 toftstead1524 ground-plat?a1560 ground-plot1580 seat1615 parterre1671 building-lot1701 emplacement1780 steading1822 building-place1839 block1840 subdivision1857 building-ground1858 building-estate1885 building-land1905 island site1907 island plot1908 tract1912 1671 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revol. Empire Great Mogul I. 16 Moreover it is required for the beauty of an house, that it be seated in the midst of some great parterre. 1876 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 318 The village stands upon a small parterre. 3. The part of the ground floor of a theatre in front of the orchestra; the stalls; (U.S.) the part of an auditorium beneath the galleries. Also: the occupants of this area. Cf. parquet n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > pit or ground floor yard1609 ground1631 pit1649 ground-stand1659 cockpit1698 parterre1711 parquet1773 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 29. ¶8 The Chorus..gives the Parterre frequent Opportunities of joining in Consort with the Stage. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 41 (1756) I. 263 The Parterre..turned their Backs to the Stage, and blew their Noses. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 197 The parterre or pit is likewise adorned with several statues. 1835 H. Greville Diary 69 She appeared on the stage wearing son ruban tricolor, which so enraged the parterre..that she was obliged to take it off. 1836 T. Power Impressions of Amer. (ed. 2) I. 92 A narrower selvage round the vast area of our parterre. 1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 884/1 The parterre and the..‘first’ tier are distributed among the stockholders. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 6/3 The American parterre system, which has been so successful at the Theatre Royal. 1977 Y. Menuhin Unfinished Journey xv. 321 The Liederhalle places its irregularly oval parterre between a curving wall of wood and another of streaked stone, and threads it with winding aisles. 1989 R. Pflaum Grand Obsession ix. 141 The front rows of that staid, time-hallowed hall resembled the parterre at the opening of a popular author's latest play. Derivatives parˈterred adj. laid out in a parterre or parterres. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [adjective] > laid out in beds knotted1598 parterred1816 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 203 What must have been the beautiful Hougoumont,—with its wild orchard, its parterred flower garden, its gently-dignified chateau. 1994 R. Shepherd Some are Drowning 18 Parterred gray sand with styrofoam and crushed Coke cans. 2001 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 Oct. 19 Dunbar's Close garden, with its espaliered apple trees and parterred beds of lavender and thyme. parˈterre-like adj. ΚΠ a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus i. iii, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 158 The brilliant season's gay parterre-like room. 2000 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 4 May (Homes & Gardens section) 31 European formality defines the parterre-like kitchen garden at the back yard's north end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1625
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