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A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timer
From parking + meter (“one who measures”), modelled after coal-meter, etc.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عداد انتظار السيارات
— device for collecting parking fees
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Basque:
parkimetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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Bulgarian:
паркометър
(parkometǎr)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Catalan:
parquímetre
— device for collecting parking fees
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Chinese Cantonese:
泊車咪錶 /泊车咪表
— device for collecting parking fees
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Chinese Mandarin:
收費咪錶 /收费咪表
(shōufèi mībiǎo)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Chinese Mandarin:
停車計時器 /停车计时器
(tíngchē jìshíqì)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Czech:
parkovací hodiny
— device for collecting parking fees
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Czech:
parkovné
— device for collecting parking fees
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Danish:
parkometer
— device for collecting parking fees
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Dutch:
parkeermeter
— device for collecting parking fees
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Dutch:
parkeerautomaat
— device for collecting parking fees
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Esperanto:
parkhorloĝo
— device for collecting parking fees
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Faroese:
støðumálari
— device for collecting parking fees
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Faroese:
parkometur
— device for collecting parking fees
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Finnish:
pysäköintimittari
— device for collecting parking fees
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French:
parcmètre
— device for collecting parking fees
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French:
parcomètre
— device for collecting parking fees
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Galician:
parquímetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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German:
Parkuhr
— device for collecting parking fees
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German:
Parkautomat
— device for collecting parking fees
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Greek:
παρκόμετρο
(parkómetro)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Hebrew:
מדחן
— device for collecting parking fees
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Hungarian:
parkolóóra
— device for collecting parking fees
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Icelandic:
stöðumælir
— device for collecting parking fees
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Irish:
méadar páirceála
— device for collecting parking fees
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Italian:
parchimetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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Japanese:
パーキングメーター
(pākingumētā)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Japanese:
駐車メーター
(chūsha-mētā)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Māori:
ine tūnga waka
— device for collecting parking fees
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Norwegian Bokmål:
parkometer
— device for collecting parking fees
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Norwegian Bokmål:
parkeringsautomat
— device for collecting parking fees
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
parkometer
— device for collecting parking fees
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
parkeringsautomat
— device for collecting parking fees
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Persian:
پارکومتر
— device for collecting parking fees
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Polish:
parkometr
— device for collecting parking fees
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Portuguese:
parquímetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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Portuguese:
parcômetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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Romanian:
parcometru
— device for collecting parking fees
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Russian:
парко́вочные часы́
(parkóvočnyje časý)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Russian:
парко́метр
(parkómetr)
— device for collecting parking fees
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Spanish:
parquímetro
— device for collecting parking fees
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Spanish:
míter
— device for collecting parking fees
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Swedish:
parkeringsmätare
— device for collecting parking fees
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Swedish:
parkeringsautomat
— device for collecting parking fees
