stationnement
French
Etymology
stationner + -ment
The word has been in use in French for a long time. Only in the sense of "parking lot" or "parking space" is this a Quebecism (originally "parc de stationnement") coined by the Office québécois de la langue française to replace the anglicism "parking" within French in official use.
Pronunciation
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Noun
stationnement m (plural stationnements)
- parking (only in the sense of "act/process of parking")
- parking space
- car park, parking lot
See also
- parker
- parcomètre
Further reading
- “stationnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.