No. 1,041 in French
parking
A parking lot or garage for vehicles.
In a sentence
J'ai garé ma voiture dans un grand parking près du supermarché.
I parked my car in a large parking lot near the supermarket.
In this sentence, 'parking' is used in its common French usage to describe a dedicated area for vehicles to park, analogous to the English 'parking lot'.
Le stationnement dans ce parking est gratuit pendant une heure.
Parking in this parking lot is free for one hour.
Here, 'parking' is used in association with time-limited conditions for vehicle parking in a designated space.
Ce centre commercial a un parking couvert très pratique.
This shopping mall has a very convenient covered parking area.
In this context, 'parking' is coupled with a description ('couvert') and provides clear information about the accommodations of the parking area.
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