parc

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See also: parç and parć

English

Noun

parc (plural parcs)

  1. Alternative form of park (“partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown”)

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

parc m (plural parcs)

  1. park
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin parcus.

Adjective

parc (feminine parca, masculine plural parcs, feminine plural parques)

  1. frugal, sparing, moderate
    Synonym: moderat
Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

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(key): /paʁk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

parc m (plural parcs)

  1. park
  2. playpen (for children)
  3. pen (for animals)
  4. (total) number; stock (de (“of”))
  5. fleet (of vehicles; of similar equipment)
    le parc de véhicules du Québec
    Quebec'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

Descendants

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French parc.

Noun

parc m (plural parcs)

  1. 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 lieux
      we make up the enclosure depending on the circumstances of the place

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: parc (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

parc oblique singular, m (oblique plural pars, nominative singular pars, nominative plural parc)

  1. enclosed area, often fenced off, often in a clearing

Descendants

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

Noun

parc n (plural parcuri)

  1. park; garden; terrace

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative parc parcul parcuri parcurile
genitive-dative parc parcului parcuri parcurilor
vocative parcule parcurilor

Derived terms

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

Noun

parc m (plural parciau)

  1. park

Mutation

Mutated forms of parc
radical soft nasal aspirate
parc barc mharc pharc

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

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