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parquet

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkeɪ/

The English word “parquet” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
  2. The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
  3. In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
  4. 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

  1. To lay or fit such a floor.

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquet.

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