parquet
French, noun/paʁ.kɛ/
parquet is spelled P-A-R-Q-U-E-T (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parquet is a French masculine noun meaning “parquet (floor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enclos pour parquer, volailles, moutons, veaux, etc., ou pour diviser en compartiments un vaste pâturage”.
What does parquet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparquet (floor)
- 2
masculinethe prosecution
M. le procureur général est au parquet.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enclos pour parquer, volailles, moutons, veaux, etc., ou pour diviser en compartiments un vaste pâturage. 2. Assemblage de bois, bordure d’encadrement. 3. Assemblage fait de minces planches clouées sur des lambourdes et qui forme le plancher d’une salle, d’une pièce, etc. 4. Piste couverte pour danser.
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 parquet
- parquets plural
- parchet alternative Switzerland
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parquet?
- /paʁ.kɛ/
- \paʁ.kɛ\
- [paʁ.kɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parquet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parquet in French?
parquet appears 13 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).