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parterre

Farming
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A formal garden bed or ornamental garden layout, usually with clipped borders and patterned planting. It is a specialized landscaping word.

Detailed Definition
A parterre is a formal, decorative garden arrangement, often seen in aristocratic or classical settings. The term belongs to garden design and landscape vocabulary, so it may be unfamiliar to readers outside that context. Cowper uses it to give the scene a refined, cultivated atmosphere.
Example
Example in poetry:
A parterre is a formal garden laid out in ornamental beds, often with geometric patterns; “And flew to save, ere yet too late, / The pride of the parterre” treats cultivated flowers as vulnerable beauty; Andrew Marvell’s “The Garden” contrasts ordered retreat with worldly ambition; “Tulips scripted red squares in the parterre” emphasizes design as well as bloom
Additional Notes
“Parterre” in the line “The pride of the parterre” is a specialized garden-design word that many readers would need to look up.; Found in the poem, The Lily and the Rose by William Cowper
Also Known As
Garden Flowerbed Floral Arrangement
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