parlement

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch parlement, from Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Pronunciation

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Noun

parlement (plural parlemente)

  1. parliament

Dutch

Het Europees Parlement in Straatsburg
The European Parliament in Strasbourg

Etymology

From Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɑr.ləˈmɛnt/
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  • Hyphenation: par‧le‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

parlement n (plural parlementen, diminutive parlementje n)

  1. parliament
  2. (obsolete) conversation, talking, discussion, talk
  3. (obsolete) meeting, assembly

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: parlement
  • → Indonesian: parlemen

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French parlement, from Middle English parlement.

Pronunciation

Noun

parlement m (plural parlements)

  1. parliament

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and continental Old French parlement; equivalent to parlen +‎ -ment. Compare Medieval Latin parliamentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌparli(a)ˈmɛnt/, /ˈparli(a)mɛnt/

Noun

parlement

  1. A discussion or conversation; talking.
  2. A consultation, council, or conference:
    1. A parliament (formal council of importance)
    2. A parliament (legislative assembly).
  3. (specifically) The parliament of England.
  4. (rare) An order or directive.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “parlement(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Middle French

Noun

parlement m (plural parlemens)

  1. parliament
  2. discussion
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Si eurent entre euls avant disner parlement sur l'estat de leurs besoignes
      They had, between them, discussion before dinner about the state of their work
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 53:
      mal ont fait les parlemens de la table ronde
      they conducted the discussions of the round table badly

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Noun

parlement oblique singular, m (oblique plural parlemenz or parlementz, nominative singular parlemenz or parlementz, nominative plural parlement)

  1. discussion; discourse; debate; argument
  2. deliberative assembly
  3. parliament (curia regis in judicial session; sovereign court of justice) (13th century)
  4. parliament (legislative assembly or body) (14th century)

Descendants

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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