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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