parquet circle

8.2

Seats at the back of the main floor in a theatre under the balconies

noun

: círculo de parquet

The view from the parquet circle was ideal for watching the entire stage.

Examples

We found seats in the parquet circle for the evening performance.
Tickets for the parquet circle were nearly sold out by noon.
The parquet circle was almost full by the time the show started.
Many people prefer sitting in the parquet circle for a better view.
The view from the parquet circle was ideal for watching the entire stage.
Many people prefer sitting in the parquet circle for a better view.
We found seats in the parquet circle for the evening performance.

Synonyms

parterre

vsparquet circle

Specialized

9.9

A seating area at the back of the main floor under the balconies

is the same seating area but uses a different term

Surface Forms

parquet circle singular

parquet circles plural

Morphology

parquet + circle

Both words name theatre seating areas, so a learner who knows 'parquet' (main-floor seats) and 'circle' (first tier) can partially infer that 'parquet circle' refers to a specific seating section related to those areas. However, the precise spatial sense ('rear of the main floor beneath the balconies') is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the nouns alone, so the relation is only partially transparent.

Etymology

The noun parquet circle comes from old theaters where parquet meant the wooden main floor and circle meant a ring of seats. So, it paints the image of a ring of seats on the wooden floor under the balconies and now means 'the seating at the rear of the main floor under the balconies'.