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parking

car park, parking lot

noun par-KEENG Less Common

Origin: English 'parking'

Also means

parking space

Usage Note

Parking is a direct anglicism fully integrated into French. Un parking souterrain is an underground car park, and un parking payant is a pay-and-display car park. The verb for parking a car is se garer, not a derivative of parking. The Académie française prefers parc de stationnement but parking dominates in everyday speech.

Examples

"Il a garé sa voiture dans le parking."

Natural Translation

He parked his car in the car park.

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