parking

English

Etymology

park +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːkɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)kɪŋ
• Hyphenation: park‧ing

Verb

parking

1. present participle 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)

   Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment. (as gerundial noun)

Noun

parking (usually uncountable, plural parkings)

1. The action of the verb to park.

   Parking in central London can be very difficult.

   • 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 […]

2. Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.

   It can be difficult to find parking in central London.

Usage notes

• Often used attributively, as an adjective.

Hyponyms

• angle parking
• parallel parking

Derived terms

terms derived from parking (noun)

• no parking
• parking area
• parking garage
• parking lot

• parking meter
• parking space
• parking ticket
• parking violation

Translations

action

• Armenian: կայանում (hy) (kayanum)
• Belarusian: паркава́нне n (parkavánnje), парко́ўка f (parkóŭka)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: pysäköinti (fi)
• French: stationnement (fr) m
• Galician: aparcamento (gl) m, estacionamento (gl) m
• German: Parken (de) n, Parkieren n
• Japanese: 駐車 (ja) (ちゅうしゃ, chūsha)
• Korean: 주차 (ko) (jucha)
• Macedonian: парки́рање n (parkíranje)
• Norman: parqu'thie f (Jersey), parc'rie f (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: parkering m or f

  Nynorsk: parkering f

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• 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: паркирање n

  Roman: parkiranje (sh) n

• Spanish: aparcamiento m, estacionamiento 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)
• Belarusian: парко́ўка f (parkóŭka), стая́нка f (stajánka), па́ркінг m (párkinh)
• Bulgarian: па́ркинг m (párking)
• Burmese: ယာဉ်ရပ် (my) (yanyrap)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: parkoviště (cs) n
• Dutch: parkeergelegenheid (nl) f
• Finnish: pysäköintipaikka (fi)
• French: parking (fr) m, stationnement (fr) m
• Galician: aparcadoiro (gl) m, estacionamento (gl)
• German: Parkplatz (de) m
• Italian: parcheggio (it) m
• Japanese: 駐車場 (ja) (ちゅうしゃじょう, chūshajō), パーキング (pākingu)
• Korean: 주차장 (ko) (juchajang), 차마당 (chamadang) (North Korea)
• Lao: ບ່ອນຈອດ (bǭn chǭt)
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• Latin: area stativa, statio autocinetorum f
• Macedonian: паркира́лиште n (parkirálište)
• 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: паркиралиште n

  Roman: parkiralište (sh) n

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

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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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parking.

Derived terms

• parkinganan

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English parking or from French parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑr.kɪŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: par‧king

Noun

parking f (plural parkings)

1. (Belgium) car park, parking lot

   Synonyms: parkeerplaats, parkeerterrein

Derived terms

• stadsparking

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French

Etymology

From English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.kiŋ/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

parking m (plural parkings)

1. car park

   Synonym: stationnement

Further reading

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

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑːkiŋ/

Noun

parking

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

   Synonym: stasionnman

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Polish

parking

Etymology

From English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.kiŋk/ [ˈparkʲĩŋk]

Noun

parking m inan

1. car park

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

• (verbs) parkować, zaparkować
• (noun) parkingowy
• (adjective) parkingowy

Further reading

• parking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

From English parking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾkin/ [ˈpaɾ.kĩn]

Noun

parking m (plural parkings)

1. car park (North America), parking lot (North America) (an area where cars may be parked)
2. parking garage

Synonyms

• aparcamiento
• estacionamiento

Further reading

• “parking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014