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Italian

parquet

/parˈkɛ/noun · masculineB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 22,974

Meaning

parquet flooring

  • a wooden floor made of fitted pieces of wood
  • parquet flooring material

In a sentence

In salotto abbiamo un parquet molto chiaro.

In the living room we have very light parquet flooring.

Ti piace il parquet della camera nuova?

Do you like the parquet floor in the new room?

Non voglio rovinare il parquet con l'acqua.

I don't want to ruin the parquet with water.

Word forms (3)
WordWord forms
parquetmasculine · singular
parquetmasculine · plural
parquetmasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Usually masculine: il parquet.
  • Often invariable in the plural: i parquet.
  • Refers to wood flooring, not any floor in general.

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