parquet

/หˆpษ‘หkeษช/

IPA: /P AA0 R K EY1/

noun
  1. 1

    A wooden floor made of parquetry.

  2. 2

    The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.

  3. 3

    In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.

  4. 4

    In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.

verb
  1. 1

    To lay or fit such a floor.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parquet