park

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English[edit]

Charles Bond Park, Yinnar, Victoria, Australia

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Cognate with Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (“enclosure, pen”), Old English pearroc (“enclosure”), Old Norse parrak (“enclosure, pen" also "distress, anxiety”). More at parrock, paddock.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

park (plural parks)

  1. An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.
    1. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
      • Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
        While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
    2. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
      Hyde Park in London;  Central Park in New York
      • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, The Mirror and the Lamp:
        If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
      • 1994, Robert Ferro,The Blue Star:
        I roamed the streets and parks, as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…
    3. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
    4. (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
  2. An area used for serious organized purposes.
    1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
      a park of wagons;   a park of artillery
    2. A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
    3. An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
      business park;  industrial park;  science park
      • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30: 
        Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
    4. (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
      • 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool”, BBC:
        But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.
  3. (UK) An inventory of matériel.
    A country's tank park or artillery park.
  4. (Australia, New Zealand) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
    • 2003, “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout, in Sleazegrinder (editor), Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll′s Frontline, page 174,
      We got to the 9th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro′s car right out the front.
    • 2010, Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception, Clan Destine Press, Australia, unnumbered page,
      Once they′d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn′t want to be delayed.
    • 2011, Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income!, John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page,
      We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

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Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from park (noun)

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Verb[edit]

park (third-person singular simple present parks, present participle parking, simple past and past participle parked)

  1. (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
    You can park the car in front of the house.
    I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
  2. (transitive, informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
    Let's park that until next week's meeting.
  3. (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
  4. (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
    How are we parked, and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
  5. (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
    He really parked that one.
  6. (intransitive, slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
    They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked.
  7. (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
    He came in and parked himself in our living room.
    Park your bags in the hall.
  8. (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
    We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.
  9. (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)

Antonyms[edit]

(bring to a halt): unpark

Translations[edit]

Breton[edit]

Noun[edit]

park

  1. field

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French parc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /paːrk/, [pʰɑːɡ̊]

Noun[edit]

park c (singular definite parken, plural indefinite parker)

  1. park

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of park
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative park parken parker parkerne
genitive parks parkens parkers parkernes

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch parc, from Old Dutch park, from Frankish *parric (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”), from Proto-Indo-European *spar-, *par- (“beam, log”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

park n (plural parken, diminutive parkje n)

  1. park

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German[edit]

Verb[edit]

park

  1. Imperative singular of parken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of parken.

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

park (plural parkok)

  1. park

Declension[edit]

declension of park
singular plural
nominative park parkok
accusative parkot parkokat
dative parknak parkoknak
instrumental parkkal parkokkal
causal-final parkért parkokért
translative parkká parkokká
terminative parkig parkokig
essive-formal parkként parkokként
essive-modal - -
inessive parkban parkokban
superessive parkon parkokon
adessive parknál parkoknál
illative parkba parkokba
sublative parkra parkokra
allative parkhoz parkokhoz
elative parkból parkokból
delative parkról parkokról
ablative parktól parkoktól
possessives of park
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. parkom parkjaim
2nd person sing. parkod parkjaid
3rd person sing. parkja parkjai
1st person plural parkunk parkjaink
2nd person plural parkotok parkjaitok
3rd person plural parkjuk parkjaik

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from German Park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parric (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

park m

  1. park (piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation)

Declension[edit]

Declension of park
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative park parka parki
Genitive parka parkowu parkow
Dative parkoju parkoma parkam
Accusative park parka parki
Instrumental parkom parkoma parkami
Locative parku parkoma parkach

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Polish[edit]

Noun[edit]

park m

  1. park (e.g., a ground for recreation in a city or town)

Declension[edit]

    declension of park
singular plural
nominative park parki
genitive parku parków
dative parkowi parkom
accusative park parki
instrumental parkiem parkami
locative parku parkach
vocative parku parki

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pȁrk m (Cyrillic spelling па̏рк)

  1. park

Declension[edit]

    declension of park
singular plural
nominative park pàrkovi
genitive parka parkova
dative parku parkovima
accusative park parkove
vocative parku parkovi
locative parku parkovima
instrumental parkom parkovima

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

park c (pl parker, def sing parken, def pl parkerna)

  1. park (in a city)

Declension[edit]

Declension of park
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative park parken parker parkerna
genitive parks parkens parkers parkernas
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