parterre
Pronunciation:
/pɑːˈtɛə//pɑːɹˈtɛɚ/noun
Definitions
A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
A garden with paths between such flowerbeds.
A part of the section of theater seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra.
(by extension) That part of a theater audience seated in the parterre, sometimes regarded as belonging to a lower social class.