different between snappy vs parquet

English

Etymology

snap +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?snæpi/
• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)

1. (informal) Rapid and without delay.

   (=hurry up)

2. (informal) Irritable.

3. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

4. Chilly, brisk, sharp.
5. Tending to snap or bite

6. Clever, catchy.

Synonyms

• (rapid and without delay): fast, immediate, quick
• (irritable): irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy
• (chilly): parky, nippy

Derived terms

• make it snappy

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquet.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pä'k?, IPA^(key): /?p??ke?/
• (US) enPR: pärk?', IPA^(key): /p????ke?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ke?, -e?

Noun

parquet (plural parquets)

1. A wooden floor made of parquetry.
2. The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
3. (historical) In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.
4. (historical) In some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.

Translations

Verb

parquet (third-person singular simple present parquets, present participle parqueting, simple past and past participle parqueted)

1. (transitive) To lay or fit such a floor.

Derived terms

• parquet circle
• parquet floor

Translations

French

Etymology

From parc +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.k?/

Noun

parquet m (plural parquets)

1. parquet (floor)
2. (law, with definite article) the prosecution

Derived terms

• avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet

Descendants

Further reading

• “parquet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquet.

Noun

parquet m (invariable)

1. parquet (wooden flooring)
2. basketball court
3. floor of the stock exchange

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parquet.

Noun

parquet m (plural parquets)

1. parquet