parquet
/pɑːɹˈkeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wooden floor made of wooden tiles or veneers arranged in a decorative geometrical pattern.
noun
The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
noun
In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions; a procuratorate.
Example Sentences
- "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 huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus Old French parc Middle French parc French parc Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French parquetbor. English parquet Borrowed from French parquet.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɑːɹˈkeɪ/
- British English: /ˈpɑːkeɪ/