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Ce parquet a un style très épuré.

Ce parquet a un style très épuré.
This wooden floor has a very sleek style.
From Lesson 418:Superlatives with post-nominal adjectives (le... le plus...)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce parquet a un style très épuré.

Does parquet just mean the specific geometric wood pattern like in English?
No, in French, un parquet refers to any wooden or hardwood floor, not just the specifically patterned "parquet flooring" we usually think of in English.
What exactly does épuré mean in this context?
Épuré literally means "purified," but in design and architecture, it translates to "sleek," "minimalist," or "uncluttered." It is a very common and useful word for describing modern aesthetics.
This sentence uses très épuré (very sleek). How would we change it to say "the sleekest style" using the grammar from this lesson?
You would say le style le plus épuré. Because the adjective épuré comes after the noun, you must use a second definite article (le) right before plus to form the superlative.
To say "This wooden floor has the sleekest style," do I keep the word un?
No, you must change it to the definite article le, making the sentence Ce parquet a le style le plus épuré. Relative superlatives require definite articles, so the original indefinite article un must be replaced.

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