parquet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ (US)
- pä'kā (Received-Pronunciation)
- pärkā' (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus Old French parc Middle French parc French parc Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French parquetbor. English parquet Borrowed from French parquet.
Meanings
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A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.
1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
- (historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
- (historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parquets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (24)
ja 寄せ木張りの床 (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · fi parketti (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · pt assoalho (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · cmn 鋪鑲木地板 /铺镶木地板 (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · ro parchet (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · eo parketo (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · nrf partchet (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · pt piso de taco (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · nb parkett (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · cmn 木條鑲花之地板 /木条镶花之地板 (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · pt taco (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · ru парке́т (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · hu parketta (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · tr parke (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · cs parketa (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · de Parkett (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · pt chão de taco (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · bg паркет (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · ja 寄せ木細工の床 (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · pt parquete (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · mk парке́т (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · sw sakafu ya mbao (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · cmn 鑲木地板 /镶木地板 (a wooden floor made of parquetry) · fr parquet (a wooden floor made of parquetry)