parquet

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French parquet. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pä'kā, IPA(key): /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ (US) enPR: pärkā', IPA(key): /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)keɪ, -eɪ === Noun === parquet (plural parquets) A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern. 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === parquet (third-person singular simple present parquets, present participle parqueting, simple past and past participle parqueted) (transitive) To lay or fit such a floor. ==== Translations ==== === Alternative forms === parquette == French == === Alternative forms === parchet (Switzerland) === Etymology === From parc m +‎ -et. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paʁ.kɛ/ === Noun === parquet m (plural parquets) parquet (floor) (law, with definite article) the prosecution ==== Derived terms ==== avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: parketa → Dutch: parket→ Indonesian: parket→ Papiamentu: parkèt → English: parquet → Estonian: parkett → Finnish: parketti → German: Parkett → Hungarian: parketta → Italian: parquet → Norman: partchet → Macedonian: паркет (parket) → Ottoman Turkish: پاركه (parke)Turkish: parke → Portuguese: parquete → Romanian: parchet n → Russian: парке́т (parkét) → Spanish: parquet → Walloon: parkèt === Further reading === “parquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French parquet. === Noun === parquet m (invariable) parquet (wooden flooring) basketball court floor of the stock exchange == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French parquet. === Noun === parquet m (plural parquets) parquet