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parquet
- /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ UK
- /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)keɪ, -eɪ
noun parquets
- A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern. 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.
- The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
- In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
- 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.
verb parquets · parqueting · parqueted · parquette
- To lay or fit such a floor.
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noun a wooden floor made of parquetry
| 日本語 | 寄せ木細工の床 yosegi-zaiku no yuka, 寄せ木張りの床 yosegi-hari no yuka |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 鑲木地板 /镶木地板 xiāngmù dìbǎn, 鋪鑲木地板 /铺镶木地板 pùxiāng mùdìbǎn, 木條鑲花之地板 /木条镶花之地板 mùtiáo xiānghuā zhī dìbǎn |
| Kiswahili | sakafu ya mbao |
| Português | parquete, taco, chão de taco, assoalho, piso de taco |
| Français | parquet |
| Deutsch | Parkett |
| Română | parchet |
| Русский | парке́т parkét |
verb to lay or fit such a floor
| Deutsch | parkettieren |
|---|---|
| Română | parcheta |
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