parking

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English park

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-ndz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English parking

From park + -ing (participial).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/

  • Audio (US):

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• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ(r).kɪnɡ/, [päː(ɾ).kɪŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
• Hyphenation: park‧ing

Verb

parking

1. present participle and gerund of park

   Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)

   His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)

   They will be parking the aircraft in the desert for the next few months. (as progressive)

Noun

parking (usually uncountable, plural parkings)

2. The action of the verb to park.

   free parking

   Hyponyms: parallel parking, angle parking, echelon parking, double parking, double-parking, self-parking, valet parking

   Parking in central London can be very difficult.

   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:

     Glasgow's car-parking problem is one of the worst in the country and the frequency of the new electrified rail service ought to attract a big clientele from the city's close-packed suburbs.

   • 1948, Report of the Charlotte Parking Survey: Downtown Business District:

     Table 6 represents an analysis of the parking usage in the Downtown Business District, in terms of the number of parkings, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to Type of Facility used, and the Purposes of the Trips […]

4. Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.

   Hyponyms: parking lot, parking garage

   Near-synonyms: car park, carpark

   ample parking; parking in rear

   Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment.

   (as gerundial noun)

   It can be difficult to find parking in central London.

   They found his car in a parking thirty miles away; apparently it had been stolen by a joyrider.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively, as an adjective.

Derived terms

• autoparking
• double-parking
• echelon parking
• emergency parking bay
• glass parking lot
• no parking
• no parking whitebeam
• parking area
• parking attendant
• parking brake
• parking coupon
• parking crater
• parking disc
• parking disk
• parking garage
• parking light
• parking lot
• parking meter
• parking orbit
• parking permit
• parking place
• parking ramp
• parking space
• parking spot
• parking strip
• parking ticket
• parking violation
• parking warden
• season parking
• theme parking
• workplace parking levy

Translations

action

• Armenian: կայանում (hy) (kayanum)
• Azerbaijani: parklanma
• Belarusian: паркава́нне n (parkavánnje), парко́ўка f (parkówka)
• Bulgarian: парки́ране n (parkírane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停車 / 停车 (zh) (tíngchē), 泊車 / 泊车 (zh) (bóchē)

• Finnish: pysäköinti (fi)
• French: stationnement (fr) m
• Galician: aparcamento (gl) m, estacionamento (gl) m
• German: Parken (de) n, Parkieren n
• Greek: στάθμευση (el) f (státhmefsi)
• Hungarian: parkolás (hu), várakozás (hu)
• Japanese: 駐車 (ja) (ちゅうしゃ, chūsha)
• Korean: 주차(駐車) (ko) (jucha)
• Lithuanian: parkavimas m, parkingas m
• Macedonian: парки́рање n (parkíranje)
• Malay: parkir (ms)​
• Norman: parqu'thie f (Jersey), parc'rie f (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parkering m or f

  Nynorsk: parkering f

• Polish: parkowanie (pl) n, zaparkowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: estacionamento (pt) m
• Russian: парко́вка (ru) f (parkóvka), паркова́ние (ru) n (parkovánije), стоя́нка (ru) f (stojánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: парки́ра̄ње n

  Latin: parkírānje (sh) n

• Spanish: aparcamiento m, estacionamiento (es) m, parqueo (es) m
• Swedish: parkering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: паркува́ння n (parkuvánnja), парко́вка f (parkóvka)

space

• Arabic: مَوْقِف m (mawqif), مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات m (mawqif sayyārāt)

  Hijazi Arabic: موقف m (mawgif)

• Armenian: կայանատեղի (hy) (kayanateġi), ավտոկայանատեղի (hy) (avtokayanateġi)
• Belarusian: парко́ўка f (parkówka), стая́нка f (stajánka), па́ркінг m (párkinh)
• Bulgarian: па́ркинг m (párking)
• Burmese: ယာဉ်ရပ် (my) (yanyrap)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停車處 / 停车处 (zh) (tíngchēchù)

• Czech: parkoviště (cs) n
• Danish: parkeringsplads (da) c
• Dutch: parkeergelegenheid (nl) f
• Estonian: parkla (et)
• Finnish: pysäköintipaikka (fi)
• French: parking (fr) m, stationnement (fr) m
• Galician: aparcadoiro (gl) m, estacionamento (gl)
• German: Parkplatz (de) m
• Greek: πάρκινγκ (el) n (párkingk)
• Hungarian: parkoló (hu), parkolóhely (hu)
• Italian: parcheggio (it) m
• Japanese: 駐車場 (ja) (ちゅうしゃじょう, chūshajō), パーキング (ja) (pākingu)
• Korean: 주차장(駐車場) (ko) (juchajang), 차마당 (chamadang) (North Korea)
• Lao: ບ່ອນໄວ້ລົດ (bǭn wai lot), ບ່ອນຈອດ (bǭn chǭt)
• Latin: area stativa, statio autocinetorum f
• Lithuanian: parkavimo vieta f, parkingas m
• Macedonian: паркиралиште n (parkiralište)
• Malay: tempat parkir,​ tempat letak kereta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parkeringsplass m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پارْکینْگ (pârking)

• Polish: parking (pl) m
• Portuguese: estacionamento (pt) m
• Romanian: parcare (ro) f
• Russian: парко́вка (ru) f (parkóvka), автостоя́нка (ru) f (avtostojánka), стоя́нка (ru) f (stojánka), па́ркинг (ru) m (párking)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: паркѝралӣште n

  Latin: parkìralīšte (sh) n

• Slovak: parkovisko n
• Slovene: parkirišče n
• Spanish: playa de estacionamiento f, estacionamiento (es) m, plaza de aparcamiento f, aparcamiento m
• Swedish: parkeringsplats (sv) c, parkering (sv) c, p-plats c
• Tajik: таваққуфгоҳ (tavaqqufgoh)
• Thai: ที่จอดรถ (tîi-jɔ̀ɔt-rót)
• Ukrainian: парко́вка f (parkóvka), стоя́нка f (stojánka), па́ркінг m (párkinh)
• Urdu: پارْکِن٘گ f (pārkiṅg)
• Vietnamese: bãi đỗ xe

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parking, from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parkin/ [par.kĩn]
• Rhymes: -arkin, -in
• Hyphenation: par‧king

Noun

parking inan

1. car park, parking lot

   Synonym: aparkaleku (Southern)

Declension

Declension of parking (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	parking	parkinga	parkingak	parkingok
ergative	parkingek	parkingak	parkingek	parkingok
dative	parkingi	parkingari	parkingei	parkingoi
genitive	parkingen	parkingaren	parkingen	parkingon
comitative	parkingekin	parkingarekin	parkingekin	parkingokin
causative	parkingengatik	parkingarengatik	parkingengatik	parkingongatik
benefactive	parkingentzat	parkingarentzat	parkingentzat	parkingontzat
instrumental	parkingez	parkingaz	parkingez	parkingotaz
inessive	parkingetan	parkingean	parkingetan	parkingotan
locative	parkingetako	parkingeko	parkingetako	parkingotako
allative	parkingetara	parkingera	parkingetara	parkingotara
terminative	parkingetaraino	parkingeraino	parkingetaraino	parkingotaraino
directive	parkingetarantz	parkingerantz	parkingetarantz	parkingotarantz
destinative	parkingetarako	parkingerako	parkingetarako	parkingotarako
ablative	parkingetatik	parkingetik	parkingetatik	parkingotatik
partitive	parkingik	—	—	—
prolative	parkingtzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “parking”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Cebuano

Etymology

From English parking, from park (“to park”), 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”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: par‧king

Verb

parking

1. to park; to bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place
   • 2007 — Gaspar, Karl, Biyaheng-Hapsay Aron Di Magkagidlay (21 November), Panaw-Lantaw, MindaNews

     Kaniadto bisan asa lang moparking ang maong mga sakyanan ug walay klarong ka-adtoan ang mga pasaherong nanginahanglan og CR.

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   • 2011 November 24, Batuto, Brenda; Rey Pasaporte, “Carnapper Nadakpan”, in Banat News:

     Sa pakisusi sa Banat News sa Guadalupe Police Station nasayran nga ang maong motorsiklo giparking ni Miranda sa daplin sa karsada niadtong Lunes sa ala 1:00 sa hapon apan nawagtang kini kay gidagit sa wala hiilhing karnapper, busa gi-report dayon niya ngadto sa Guadalupe Police Station.

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   • 2014 — Lastimosa, Leo, Raket sa Clamping (13 May), Arangkada, The Freeman

     Gihimong ebidensiya ang nadakpan sa mga operatiba sa City Traffic Operations Management nga sakyanan sa City Hall nga giingong giparking og kadlawong dako duol sa imnanan sa downtown area.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 April 15, Pepito, John Paul V, “Taxi Driver Nag-park, Nadasmagan”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Taxi drayber nga nagparking sa sakyanan atubangan mismo sa punerarya sa U.N. Avenue, Brgy. Alang- Alang, dakbayan sa Mandaue namatay human maligsi og sakyanan kagahapon sa kaadlawon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016 — Pareja, Gerard, Magamit unta ang CICC sa IEC (27 January), Salins Hulbot, Opinion, Cebu Daily News

     Unsa naman sab ni ang akong nadawat nga estorya nga ipatuman gyud sa management sa Qimonda IT Center nga pabayran na ang ilang parking area sa mga buot mo-parking^[sic]?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• parkinganan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑr.kɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: par‧king

Noun

parking f (plural parkings, no diminutive)

1. (Belgium) car park, parking lot

   Synonyms: parkeerplaats, parkeerterrein

Derived terms

• stadsparking

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /paʁ.kiŋ/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /paʁ.kiɲ/, /paɹkɪnɡ/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

parking m (plural parkings)

1. car park, parking lot

   Synonyms: stationnement, aire de parcage

Further reading

• “parking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːkiŋ/

Noun

parking

1. area where cars or other vehicles are parked; car park

   Synonym: stasionnman

Polish

parking

Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.kiŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arkiŋk
• Syllabification: par‧king

Noun

parking m inan (related adjective parkingowy)

1. car park, parking lot

Declension

Declension of parking

	singular	plural
nominative	parking	parkingi
genitive	parkingu	parkingów
dative	parkingowi	parkingom
accusative	parking	parkingi
instrumental	parkingiem	parkingami
locative	parkingu	parkingach
vocative	parkingu	parkingi

Derived terms

noun

• parkingoza

Related terms

verbs

• parkować impf
• zaparkować pf

Further reading

• “parking”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “parking”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Noun

parking n (plural parkinguri)

1. car park, parking lot

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	parking	parkingul	parkinguri	parkingurile
genitive-dative	parking	parkingului	parkinguri	parkingurilor
vocative	parkingule		parkingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾkin/ [ˈpaɾ.kĩn]
• Rhymes: -aɾkin
• Syllabification: par‧king

Noun

parking m (plural parkings)

1. (UK) car park, (North America) parking lot, parking garage

   Synonyms: aparcamiento, estacionamiento

Further reading

• “parking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025