parquet
Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkeɪ/
The English word “parquet” has 5 meanings listed here.
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
Etymology
Borrowed from French parquet.
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