Standard Lemma guide

parking

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈpɑ(r).kɪnɡ/
  • South-Asia: [päː(ɾ).kɪŋɡ]
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The action of the verb to park.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • free parking
  • Parking in central London can be very difficult.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: car park, carpark
  • ample parking
  • parking in rear
  • Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment.
  • It can be difficult to find parking in central London.
  • They found his car in a parking thirty miles away; apparently it had been stolen by a joyrider.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: car park, carpark

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of park

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

  • Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund)
  • His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)
  • They will be parking the aircraft in the desert for the next few months. (as progressive)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre

5

noun

Meaning 5

space in which vehicles can be parked

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there is plenty of parking behind the store

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room, way, elbow room

History

Etymology

From park + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կայանում (kayanum) — action
  • Azerbaijani: parklanma — action
  • Belarusian: паркава́нне (parkavánnje) — action
  • Belarusian: парко́ўка (parkówka) — action
  • Bulgarian: парки́ране (parkírane) — action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停車 /停车 (tíngchē) — action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泊車 /泊车 (bóchē) — action
  • Finnish: pysäköinti — action
  • French: stationnement — action
  • Galician: aparcamento — action
  • Galician: estacionamento — action
  • German: Parken — action
  • German: Parkieren — action
  • Greek: στάθμευση (státhmefsi) — action
  • Hungarian: parkolás — action
  • Hungarian: várakozás — action
  • Japanese: 駐車 (chūsha) — action
  • Korean: 주차 (jucha) — action
  • Lithuanian: parkavimas — action
  • Lithuanian: parkingas — action
  • Macedonian: парки́рање (parkíranje) — action
  • Malay: parkir — action
  • Norman: parqu'thie — action
  • Norman: parc'rie — action
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parkering — action
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: parkering — action
  • Polish: parkowanie — action
  • Polish: zaparkowanie — action
  • Portuguese: estacionamento — action
  • Russian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — action
  • Russian: паркова́ние (parkovánije) — action
  • Russian: стоя́нка (stojánka) — action
  • Serbo-Croatian: парки́ра̄ње — action
  • Serbo-Croatian: parkírānje — action
  • Spanish: aparcamiento — action
  • Spanish: estacionamiento — action
  • Spanish: parqueo — action
  • Swedish: parkering — action
  • Ukrainian: паркува́ння (parkuvánnja) — action
  • Ukrainian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — action
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawqif) — space
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف سَيَّارَات (mawqif sayyārāt) — space
  • Arabic: موقف (mawgif) — space
  • Armenian: կայանատեղի (kayanateġi) — space
  • Armenian: ավտոկայանատեղի (avtokayanateġi) — space
  • Belarusian: парко́ўка (parkówka) — space
  • Belarusian: стая́нка (stajánka) — space
  • Belarusian: па́ркінг (párkinh) — space
  • Bulgarian: па́ркинг (párking) — space
  • Burmese: ယာဉ်ရပ် (yanyrap) — space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停車處 /停车处 (tíngchēchù) — space
  • Czech: parkoviště — space
  • Danish: parkeringsplads — space
  • Dutch: parkeergelegenheid — space
  • Estonian: parkla — space
  • Finnish: pysäköintipaikka — space
  • French: parking — space
  • French: stationnement — space
  • Galician: aparcadoiro — space
  • Galician: estacionamento — space
  • German: Parkplatz — space
  • Greek: πάρκινγκ (párkingk) — space
  • Hungarian: parkoló — space
  • Hungarian: parkolóhely — space
  • Italian: parcheggio — space
  • Japanese: 駐車場 (chūshajō) — space
  • Japanese: パーキング (pākingu) — space
  • Korean: 주차장 (juchajang) — space
  • Korean: 차마당 (chamadang) — space
  • Lao: ບ່ອນໄວ້ລົດ (bǭn wai lot) — space
  • Lao: ບ່ອນຈອດ (bǭn chǭt) — space
  • Latin: area stativa, statio autocinetorum — space
  • Lithuanian: parkavimo vieta — space
  • Lithuanian: parkingas — space
  • Macedonian: паркиралиште (parkiralište) — space
  • Malay: tempat parkir — space
  • Malay: tempat letak kereta — space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parkeringsplass — space
  • Iranian Persian: پارْکینْگ (pârking) — space
  • Polish: parking — space
  • Portuguese: estacionamento — space
  • Romanian: parcare — space
  • Russian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — space
  • Russian: автостоя́нка (avtostojánka) — space
  • Russian: стоя́нка (stojánka) — space
  • Russian: па́ркинг (párking) — space
  • Serbo-Croatian: паркѝралӣште — space
  • Serbo-Croatian: parkìralīšte — space
  • Slovak: parkovisko — space
  • Slovene: parkirišče — space
  • Spanish: playa de estacionamiento — space
  • Spanish: estacionamiento — space
  • Spanish: plaza de aparcamiento — space
  • Spanish: aparcamiento — space
  • Swedish: parkeringsplats — space
  • Swedish: parkering — space
  • Swedish: p-plats — space
  • Tajik: таваққуфгоҳ (tavaqqufgoh) — space
  • Thai: ที่จอดรถ (tîi-jɔ̀ɔt-rót) — space
  • Ukrainian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — space
  • Ukrainian: стоя́нка (stojánka) — space
  • Ukrainian: па́ркінг (párkinh) — space
  • Urdu: پارْکِن٘گ (pārkiṅg) — space
  • Vietnamese: bãi đỗ xe — space
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