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créneau

slot, niche; battlement

noun kreh-NOH Rare
Travel & Places

Also means

parking gap

Usage Note

Créneau originally named the notch between merlons on a castle parapet, but today its most frequent meaning is a market niche or time slot (trouver son créneau — to find one's niche). In driving, faire un créneau means to parallel-park, which is a set exercise in the French driving test. The plural is créneaux.

Examples

"Elle a trouvé un créneau sur le marché local."

Natural Translation

She found a niche in the local market.

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