parlament

English

Noun

parlament (plural parlaments)

1. Obsolete form of parliament.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England:

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parlamentum.

Noun

parlament m

1. parliament

   Synonym: kuvend

Catalan

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments)

1. parliament
2. (literary) conversation

   Synonyms: conversa, discurs

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     L'endemà en Caffó em va sol·licitar un parlament.

     The next day Caffó asked me to have a talk with him.

Derived terms

• parlamentari

Further reading

• “parlament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parlament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “parlament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parlament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• parlament on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from German Parlament.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -amɛnt
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment

Noun

parlament m inan (related adjective parlamentní or parlamentární)

1. (government) parliament

   Parlament České republiky ― Parliament of the Czech Republic

   Evropský parlament ― European Parliament

2. parliament (building of a parliament)

Declension

See also

• sněm m
• sněmovna f

Further reading

• parlament in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• parlament in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• parlament in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ^da

Noun

parlament n (singular definite parlamentet, plural indefinite parlamenter)

1. parliament

Inflection

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ^et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑrlɑmˈenʲt/

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Noun

parlament (genitive parlamendi, partitive parlamenti)

1. parliament

   Synonym: riigikogu

Declension

Further reading

• “parlament”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “parlament”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• parlament in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Hungarian

Etymology

From the German Parlament, from the English parliament, from the French parlement (“parliament”) (literally, "speaking"), from parler (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

parlament (plural parlamentek)

1. parliament

   Synonym: országgyűlés

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• parlament in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ladin

Alternative forms

• parlamënt

Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments) (often capitalised)

1. parliament

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parlamento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par.laˈmɛnt/

Noun

parlament m (plural parlamenti)

1. parliament

   membru tal-parlament ― member of parliament

   kamra tal-parlament ― house of parliament

Related terms

Middle English

Noun

parlament

1. Alternative form of parlement

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

parlament n (definite singular parlamentet, indefinite plural parlament or parlamenter, definite plural parlamenta or parlamentene)

1. parliament

Derived terms

• parlamentsbygning
• parlamentsvalg

References

• “parlament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

parlament n (definite singular parlamentet, indefinite plural parlament, definite plural parlamenta)

1. parliament

Derived terms

• parlamentsbygning

References

• “parlament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments)

1. parliament

Derived terms

• parlamentari

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

parlament

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Parlament.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parˈla.mɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amɛnt
• Syllabification: par‧la‧ment

Noun

parlament m inan (related adjective parlamentarny)

1. (government) parliament (legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers)

   Synonym: sejm

   1. parliament (total number of people who sit in a parliament)

   Synonym: sejm

   1. parliament (building of a parliament)

   Synonym: sejm

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• parlament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parlament in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parlement.

Noun

parlament n (plural parlamente)

1. parliament (elected political institution)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Parlament, from French parlement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parlǎment/
• Hyphenation: pa‧rla‧ment

Noun

parlàment m (Cyrillic spelling парла̀мент)

1. parliament

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin parlement and French parlement. Reintroduced in the 19th century via English parliament.

Noun

parlament n

1. (chiefly foreign) parliament

   Synonym: riksdag

   • 2019 September 10, Emilia Aro, SVT Nyheter‎:

     Under måndagen kommer brittiska parlamentet rösta om ett nyval ska hållas [...]

     On Monday, the British parliament will vote on whether a new election should be held

2. (obsolete, 14th century) council meeting

   Synonym: rådsmöte

Declension

Derived terms

• förbundsparlament (“federal parliament”)
• parlamentariker (“parliamentarian”)
• parlamentsbyggnad (“parliamen building”)
• parlamentsledamot (“MP, member of parliament”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Swedish parlamente, perlament (“bicker, quarrel”) and dialectal perlemente (“quarrel, racket”).

Noun

parlament n

1. (obsolete) row, noise, quarrel, racket

   Synonyms: buller, gräl, kiv, träta

Derived terms

• (obsolete) nattparlament (“nightly racket, noise”)
• (obsolete) parlamentmakare (“quarrelmaker, troublemaker, brawler”)

References

• parlament in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• parlament in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)