Phrase guide

parking space

noun · 3 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A space in which a car or other vehicle can be parked. (Sometimes demarcated with lines painted on the ground.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Holonyms: parking lot, parking garage < parking, car park, carpark
  • They finally found a parking space after circling the block three times.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parking spot, parking place

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Space in which a car or other vehicle can be parked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon, uncountable

Examples

  • Meronyms: parking spot, parking place

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parking

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a space where an automobile can be parked

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parking zone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: space

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: parkeerplek — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawqif) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Arabic: مَوْقِف (mawgif) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Chinese Cantonese: 泊車位 /泊车位 (paak3 ce1 wai2) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停車位 /停车位 (tíngchēwèi) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車位 /车位 (chēwèi) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Dutch: parkeerplaats — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Dutch: parkeerplek — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Esperanto: parkadloko — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Esperanto: parkumloko — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Finnish: pysäköintipaikka — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Finnish: parkkipaikka — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Finnish: autopaikka — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • French: place de stationnement — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • French: place de parking — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Galician: sitio de estacionamento — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • German: Parkplatz — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • German: Stellplatz — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • German: Parklücke — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Hungarian: parkolóhely — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Icelandic: stæði — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Irish: áit pháirceála — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Irish: spás páirceála — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Italian: parcheggio — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Italian: posteggio — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parkeringsplass — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: parkeringsplass — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Persian: پارکینگ (pârking) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Persian: توقفگاه (tavaqqof-gâh) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Polish: miejsce parkingowe — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Portuguese: vaga de estacionamento — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Russian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Serbo-Croatian: паркѝралӣште — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Serbo-Croatian: parkìralīšte — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: estacionamiento — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: cajón — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: lugar para estacionar — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: rodal de estacionamiento — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: aparcadero — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: aparcamiento — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: parqueadero — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Spanish: parqueo — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Swahili: maegesho — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Swedish: parkeringsplats — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Swedish: parkering — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Thai: ลานจอดรถ (laan-jɔ̀ɔt-rót) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Ukrainian: парко́вка (parkóvka) — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Vietnamese: chỗ đậu xe — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Vietnamese: chỗ đỗ xe — space in which a vehicle can be parked
  • Welsh: lle parcio — space in which a vehicle can be parked