parcheggio Italian · revision 39214

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1935, Panzini's Dizionario moderno|origins=la-med parricus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /parˈked.d͡ʒo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''parcheggio''' ''m'' (plural parcheggi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|parco|-eggio]] on the model of [[campo]] and [[campeggio]], according to DELI, and the verb [[parcheggiare]] was made from the noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Nocentini, GRADIT and Devoto–Oli call the noun a derivative of the verb, though the noun is recorded first (1935) and the verb only in 1954.^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(DELI 1999) GRADIT compares English [[m|en|park]].^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ The base noun is used here in its sense “depot, area for vehicles or artillery”, recorded before 1786.^(DELI 1999) That noun came from [[fro|parc]] (1175), from [[la-med|parricus|t=enclosure]] recorded in a Frankish law code of the 8th century, a word DELI thinks probably pre-Indo-European.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in Alfredo Panzini's ''Dizionario moderno'' (1935 edition), for the manoeuvre of parking a car.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) Bruno Migliorini's ''Lingua contemporanea'' (1938) has it for the area where cars are left between marked lines.^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word spread with motoring and replaced or joined ''posteggio'', its synonym.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Figuratively it names a temporary and unsatisfactory position while waiting for something better, as in ''area di parcheggio'', said for instance of a course of study taken to put off unemployment, and ''di parcheggio'' means “interim”: ''governo di parcheggio'' is a caretaker government.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) In astronautics an ''orbita di parcheggio'' is a waiting orbit.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1175 – French ''parc'' is first recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1786 – ''Parco'' is used for a depot of vehicles or artillery.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1935 – ''Parcheggio'' is recorded for the act of parking.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1938 – Migliorini records it for a car park.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1954 – The verb ''parcheggiare'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|parking]], the act or manoeuvre of parking a vehicle: ''È vietato il parcheggio davanti al cancello.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A parking space for one vehicle: ''Abbiamo girato mezz'ora per trovare parcheggio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|car park]], parking lot: ''un parcheggio sotterraneo''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A temporary situation of waiting, often unsatisfactory, ''di parcheggio'': interim, provisional.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parcheggiare]]

+ * [[parcheggiatore]]

+ * [[parco]]

+ * [[posteggio]]

+ * [[campeggio]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}