stationnement
French edit
Etymology edit
From stationner + -ment.
The word has been in use in French for a long time. Only in the sense of "parking lot" or "parking space" is this a Quebecism (originally "parc de stationnement") coined by the Office québécois de la langue française to replace the anglicism "parking" within French in official use.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun edit
stationnement m (plural stationnements)
- parking (only in the sense of "act/process of parking")
- parking space
- car park, parking lot
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “stationnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.