French Conversation · Level 145
30 words
French word
parquet
Pronunciation
IPA/paʁkɛ/
Meaning
- masculine nounparquet flooring
Example
Nous avons posé du parquet dans le salon.
We had parquet flooring installed in the living room.
More examples
Le parquet se nettoie facilement avec une serpillière humide.
The parquet floor is easy to clean with a damp mop.
Core concept
A continuous indoor floor formed by fitting narrow wooden strips or panels into a patterned surface.
Common phrases
nettoyer le parquet
clean the parquet floor
poser du parquet
lay parquet flooring
parquet flottant
floating parquet flooring
Similar words
sol: The general floor area of a building or room.
plancher: Thick wooden boards supporting a floor or the surface above them.
carrelage: A finished floor made by arranging ceramic or stone tiles.
moquette: A floor finished with wall-to-wall textile carpeting.
Definition in French
Revêtement de sol intérieur en bois, constitué de lames ou de panneaux assemblés pour former une surface continue.
Word origin
Parquet comes through Old French parchet, a diminutive of parc, which first referred to a small enclosure before naming an enclosed wooden floor surface.
Usage tips
- In household contexts, parquet means a wooden floor, but le parquet in legal reporting means the public prosecutor's office.
Other meanings
- prosecutionnoun
Opposites
- moquettecarpetnoun
- carrelagetile flooringnoun
Related words
- parqueterinstall parquet flooringverb
- parquetéparquet-flooredadjective