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le parquet

prosecutor's office, public prosecutor's office, wooden floor, parquet flooring, trading floor

p a ʁ . k ɛ
noun · masculine Rare #42,730
prosecutor's office, public prosecutor's office In legal contexts; often refers to the prosecutors as an institution.
FR: Le parquet a ouvert une enquête.
EN: The prosecutor's office has opened an investigation.
wooden floor, parquet flooring Usually a floor made of small pieces of wood.
FR: Le parquet de cette pièce est en chêne.
EN: The wooden floor in this room is oak.
trading floor A place where financial securities are traded, as in a stock exchange.
FR: Il travaille sur le parquet de la Bourse.
EN: He works on the stock exchange trading floor.

Dès lors il vécut à plat ventre sur son parquet.

From then on, he lived face down on his hardwood floor.

C'est quoi cette histoire de parquet ?

What's this business about the prosecutor's office?

— L'Accusé (2017)

Et de parquet.

And hardwood flooring.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Pour connaître le bruit de l'argent, allez sur un parquet de Wall Street.

To hear the sound of money, go to a Wall Street trading floor.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Merci d'être venus pour cette annonce du parquet.

Thank you for coming for this announcement from the public prosecutor's office.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

Parquet.

Parquet.

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

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