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PARQUET FLOOR [1 record]

Record 1 1999-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

parquet. A floor-covering of hardwood blocks glued and pinned to the ordinary floor boarding and finally wax-polished.

CONT

Parquet flooring ... Small blocks ... are also assembled in groups and held together with a paper backing to form parquet flooring.

OBS

Do not translate in French by "parquet", which is a generic term including all types of wood flooring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Planchers et plafonds
CONT

Le parquet mosaïque [est] composé d'éléments de dimensions réduites collés sur une chape par panneaux préfabriqués.

CONT

Dans le parquet mosaïque,l'élément de pose est un carreau constitué par des lamelles de 5 à 8 mm d'épaisseur en chêne, châtaignier, plus rarement pin maritime ou bois tropicaux, disposées, côte à côte, collées sur un papier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfombras y revestimientos para suelos
  • Revestimientos para interiores
  • Pisos y cielos rasos
DEF

Entarimado, particularmente cuando es artístico, formado con maderas de distintos colores naturales.

OBS

parqué. Palabra recientemente aprobada para su inclusión en el D.R.A.E. Era ya corriente «parquet», la palabra francesa, pero la Academia ha adoptado la forma sin «t» final, lo mismo que en otros casos de palabras semejantes tomadas del francés; [...]

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