parking
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
- Hyphenation: park‧ing
Verb edit
parking
- present participle and gerund of park
- Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)
- His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)
- They will be parking the aircraft in the desert for the next few months. (as progressive)
- Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment. (as gerundial noun)
Noun edit
parking (usually uncountable, plural parkings)
- The action of the verb to park.
- Parking in central London can be very difficult.
- 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:
- Glasgow's car-parking problem is one of the worst in the country and the frequency of the new electrified rail service ought to attract a big clientele from the city's close-packed suburbs.
- 1948, Report of the Charlotte Parking Survey: Downtown Business District:
- Table 6 represents an analysis of the parking usage in the Downtown Business District, in terms of the number of parkings, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to Type of Facility used, and the Purposes of the Trips […]
- Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.
- It can be difficult to find parking in central London.
Usage notes edit
- Often used attributively, as an adjective.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
- double-parking
- echelon parking
- glass parking lot
- no parking
- no parking whitebeam
- parking area
- parking attendant
- parking brake
- parking coupon
- parking crater
- parking disc
- parking disk
- parking garage
- parking light
- parking lot
- parking meter
- parking orbit
- parking permit
- parking place
- parking space
- parking spot
- parking ticket
- parking violation
- parking warden
- season parking
- theme parking
- workplace parking levy
Translations edit
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English parking, from park (“to park”), from Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: par‧king
Verb edit
parking
- to park; to bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:parking.
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English parking or from French parking.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parking f (plural parkings)
- (Belgium) car park, parking lot
- Synonyms: parkeerplaats, parkeerterrein
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.
Pronunciation edit
- (France) IPA(key): /paʁ.kiŋ/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /paʁ.kiɲ/, /paɹkɪnɡ/
Noun edit
parking m (plural parkings)
- car park, parking lot
- Synonyms: stationnement, aire de parcage
Further reading edit
- “parking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parking
- area where cars or other vehicles are parked; car park
- Synonym: stasionnman
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parking m inan (related adjective parkingowy)
- car park, parking lot (outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | parking | parkingi |
genitive | parkingu | parkingów |
dative | parkingowi | parkingom |
accusative | parking | parkingi |
instrumental | parkingiem | parkingami |
locative | parkingu | parkingach |
vocative | parkingu | parkingi |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- parkować impf
- zaparkować pf
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parking, from English parking.
Noun edit
parking n (plural parkinguri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) parking | parkingul | (niște) parkinguri | parkingurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) parking | parkingului | (unor) parkinguri | parkingurilor |
vocative | parkingule | parkingurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parking m (plural parkings)
- car park (UK), parking lot (North America) (an area where cars may be parked)
- Synonyms: aparcamiento, estacionamiento
- parking garage
Further reading edit
- “parking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014