# parking
## English
### Etymology

From park +‎ -ing.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɑːkɪŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈpɑɹkɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
* Hyphenation: park‧ing

### Verb

parking
* present participle and gerund of park
    Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)
    His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)
    They will be parking the aircraft in the desert for the next few months. (as progressive)
    Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment. (as gerundial noun)

### Noun

parking (usually uncountable, plural parkings)
* The action of the verb to park.
    Parking in central London can be very difficult.
** 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:Glasgow's car-parking problem is one of the worst in the country and the frequency of the new electrified rail service ought to attract a big clientele from the city's close-packed suburbs.
** 1948, Report of the Charlotte Parking Survey: Downtown Business District:Table 6 represents an analysis of the parking usage in the Downtown Business District, in terms of the number of parkings, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to Type of Facility used, and the Purposes of the Trips […]
* Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.
    It can be difficult to find parking in central London.

#### Usage notes

* Often used attributively, as an adjective.

#### Hyponyms

* angle parking
* parallel parking

#### Derived terms

* double-parking
* echelon parking
* glass parking lot
* no parking
* no parking whitebeam
* parking area
* parking attendant
* parking brake
* parking coupon
* parking crater
* parking disc
* parking disk
* parking garage
* parking light
* parking lot
* parking meter
* parking orbit
* parking permit
* parking place
* parking ramp
* parking space
* parking spot
* parking ticket
* parking violation
* parking warden
* season parking
* theme parking
* workplace parking levy

#### Translations
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English parking, from park (“to park”), from Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: par‧king

### Verb

parking
* to park; to bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parking.

#### Derived terms

* parkinganan

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English parking or from French parking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑr.kɪŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: par‧king

### Noun

parking f (plural parkings)
* (Belgium) car park, parking lot
    Synonyms: parkeerplaats, parkeerterrein

#### Derived terms

* stadsparking

## French
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.

### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /paʁ.kiŋ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /paʁ.kiɲ/, /paɹkɪnɡ/

### Noun

parking m (plural parkings)
* car park, parking lot
    Synonyms: stationnement, aire de parcage

### Further reading

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

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑːkiŋ/

### Noun

parking
* area where cars or other vehicles are parked; car park
    Synonym: stasionnman

## Polish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpar.kiŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arkiŋk
* Syllabification: par‧king

### Noun

parking m inan (related adjective parkingowy)
* car park, parking lot (outdoor area or a building where cars may be parked)

#### Derived terms

* parkingoza

#### Related terms

* parkować impf
* zaparkować pf

### Further reading

* parking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* parking in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parking, from English parking.

### Noun

parking n (plural parkinguri)
* parking lot

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from parking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaɾkin/ [ˈpaɾ.kĩn]
* Rhymes: -aɾkin

### Noun

parking m (plural parkings)
* car park (UK), parking lot (North America) (an area where cars may be parked), parking garage
    Synonyms: aparcamiento, estacionamiento

### Further reading

* “parking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10