parquet

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(pär-kā') pronunciation
n.
  1. A floor made of parquetry.
  2. The art or process of making parquetry.
    1. The part of the main floor of a theater between the orchestra pit and the parquet circle.
    2. The entire main floor of a theater.
tr.v., -queted (-kăd'), -quet·ing (-kā'ĭng), -quets (-kāz').
  1. To furnish with a floor of parquetry.
  2. To make (a floor, for example) of parquetry.

[French, parquetry, from Old French, diminutive of parc, enclosure. See park.]



1. Inlaid wood flooring, usually set in simple geometric patterns.
2. Same as parquetry.
3. The lower floor of a theater, or the section of seats in an opera house, music hall, or theater extending from the musicians’ area to the parquet circle.


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IN BRIEF: A flooring made of pieces of wood fitted together to form a pattern.

pronunciation The contractor laid a parquet floor in the entry way of the house.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - parketgulv, parket
v. tr. - parkettere

Nederlands (Dutch)
parket, stalles, parket leggen

Français (French)
n. - parquet, (US, Théât) parterre
v. tr. - parqueter, poser un parquet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Parkett
v. - Parkett legen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρκέ, παρκέτο
v. - περνάω παρκέ, καλύπτω (πάτωμα) με παρκέ

Italiano (Italian)
pavimentare in parquet, parquet, platea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parquete (m), assoalho (m)
v. - colocar parquete

Русский (Russian)
настилать паркет, паркет

Español (Spanish)
n. - parqué, entarimado, jardín ornamental con senderos y césped, patio de butacas
v. tr. - entarimar, poner parqué

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - parkett
v. - lägga parkett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
剧院正厅前排, 拼花地板, 给...铺拼花地板, 铺

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劇院正廳前排, 拼花地板
v. tr. - 給...鋪拼花地板, 鋪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나무쪽으로 모자이크한 마루, 검찰청
v. tr. - 나무쪽으로 모자이크한 마루를 깔다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 寄せ木の床, 平土間, 公認ディーラー, 検事局
v. - 寄せ木張りにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الباركيه : ارضيه مفروشه بقطع خشبيه تقوم مقام البلاط, خشب مزخرف, جزء من مسرح (فعل) يزود الحجرة بخشب, يخوشب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצפה מלוחות עץ, רצפת פרקט, קומת הקרקע של אולם גדול (ארה"ב)‬
v. tr. - ‮התקין רצפת לוחות עץ‬


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