parking
French, noun/paʁ.kiŋ/
parking is spelled P-A-R-K-I-N-G (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parking is a French masculine noun meaning “car park, parking lot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terrain ou aménagement destiné au stationnement des automobiles”.
What does parking mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecar park, parking lot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terrain ou aménagement destiné au stationnement des automobiles. 2. Espace de stationnement pour une automobile.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of parking
- parkings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parking?
- France /paʁ.kiŋ/
- Quebec /paʁ.kiɲ/
- Quebec /paɹkɪnɡ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parking
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parking in French?
parking appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).