English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-parliament.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
F. parlement, "debating (-chamber)"; < F. parler, "to speak".
Noun
en-noun
- Institution whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day and to exercise legislative powers, and in some cases executive or judicial powers also.
- context|by extension The collective noun for a group of rooks italbrac|the species of bird or owls.
Translations
trans-top|elected politcial institution
Catalan: parlament m
Croatian: t-|hr|parlament|m
Dutch: t+|nl|parlement|n
Finnish: t+|fi|parlamentti
French: t+|fr|parlement|m
Frisian: parlemint n
German: t+|de|Parlament|n
Greek: t|el|Βουλή|f|sc=Grek (voulÃ)
Irish: parlaimint
Italian: t-|it|parlamento|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|è°ä¼š|sc=Jpan
Kurdish: KUchar|په‌رله‌مان
Latin: t+|la|senatus|m
Maltese: t-|mt|parlament|m|xs=Maltese
Polish: t+|pl|parlament|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|parlamento|m
Russian: парламент m
Scots: pairlament
Serbian: skupština f
Scottish Gaelic: pà rlamaid
Spanish: t-|es|parlamento|m
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Related terms
parliamentarian
parliamentary
Member of Parliament
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