parquet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
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

pä'kā /ˈpɑːkeɪ/ pärkā' /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/ En-us-parquet.oga

parquet parquets parqueting parqueted parquette

Borrowed from French parquet.

parquet circle parquetry

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