# parc
## English
### Noun

parc (plural parcs)
* Alternative form of park (“partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown”)

### Anagrams

* -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, CRAP, Carp, RCAP, carp, crap, prac

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpark]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpaɾk]
* Rhymes: -aɾk

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan parc, from Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus.

#### Noun

parc m (plural parcs)
* park

##### Derived terms

* aparcar
* parc d'atraccions
* parc infantil

##### Related terms

* pàrquing

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin parcus.

#### Adjective

parc (feminine parca, masculine plural parcs, feminine plural parques)
* frugal, sparing, moderate
    Synonym: moderat

##### Derived terms

* parquedat

### References

* “parc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Further reading

* “parc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “parc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “parc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French parc m, from Old French parc m, from Early Medieval Latin parricus m, possibly borrowed from Frankish *parrik m.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paʁk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parc m (plural parcs)
* park
* playpen (for children)
* pen (for animals)
* (total) number; stock (de (“of”))
* fleet (of vehicles; of similar equipment)
    le parc de véhicules du QuébecQuebec's vehicle fleet
    Le renouvellement de le parc nucléaire sera un grand défi.Renewal of the nuclear fleet will be a big challenge.

#### Derived terms

* parc aquatique
* parc aux petits
* parc d’attractions
* parc fermé
* parc national
* parc naturel
* parquet m

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: park
* → Azerbaijani: park
* → Basque: parke
* → Belarusian: парк (park)
* → Bengali: পার্ক (park)
* → Bulgarian: парк (park)
* → Czech: park
* → Danish: park
* → Estonian: park
* → Galician: parque
* → Hebrew: פַּרק (park)
* → Hindi: पार्क (pārk)
* → Hungarian: park
* → Icelandic: park
* → Kazakh: парк (park)
* → Kyrgyz: парк (park)
* → Latvian: parks
* → Lithuanian: parkas
* → Macedonian: парк (park)
* → Maltese: park
* → Maori: pāka
* → Mongolian: парк (park)
* → Norwegian:
    Bokmål: park
    Nynorsk: park
* → Persian: پارک (pârk)
* → Polish: park
* → Portuguese: parque
* → Romanian: parc
* → Russian: парк (park)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: парк
    Latin script: park
* → Slovak: park
* → Slovene: park
* → Swedish: park
* → Spanish: parque
* → Tajik: парк (park)
* → Tamil: பூங்கா (pūṅkā)
* → Turkish: park
* → Turkmen: park
* → Ukrainian: парк (park)
* → Urdu: پارک (pārk)
* → Uzbek: park
* → Yiddish: פּאַרק (park)

### Further reading

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

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* parque

### Etymology

From Old French parc.

### Noun

parc m (plural parcs)
* enclosure (enclosed area)
** 1600, Olivier de Serres, Bonafous, Balbis, Tissot, Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des champs d'Olivier de Serres Seigneur du Pradel, page 322
    compose-on le parc selon l'usage des lieuxwe make up the enclosure depending on the circumstances of the place

#### Derived terms

* parquet

#### Descendants

* French: parc (see there for further descendants)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* park, parke

### Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus (“fence, enclosure”).

### Noun

parc oblique singular, m (oblique plural pars, nominative singular pars, nominative plural parc)
* enclosed area, often fenced off, often in a clearing

#### Descendants

* Middle French: parc, parque
** French: parc (see there for further descendants)
* Norman: parc
* → Italian: parco
* → Middle English: park, parc, parck, perke, paric
** English: park
** Yola: park

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parc, from Old French parc, from Early Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure”), from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, fenced-in area”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parc n (plural parcuri)
* park; garden; terrace

#### Derived terms

* parc național
* parc sportiv
* parc zoologic

#### Related terms

* grădină

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /park/
* Rhymes: -ark

### Noun

parc m (plural parciau)
* park

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.