parliament
A formal council summoned to discuss important issuesA formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
» Parliament is now in session.
Das Parlament hat jetzt eine Sitzung.
Парламент сейчас на сессии.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)A formal council summoned (especially by a monarch) to discuss important issues.
(countable, uncountable)In many countries, the 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 collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.
Parlament
парла́ментparláment
парла́ментparláment
(countable, uncountable)A particular assembly of the members of such a legislature, as convened for a specific purpose or period of time (commonly designated with an ordinal number – for example, first parliament or 12th parliament – or a descriptive adjective – for example, Long Parliament, Short Parliament and Rump Parliament).
Following the general election, Jane Doe took her oath of office as a member of the nation's fifth parliament.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A gathering of birds, especially rooks or owls.
(countable, historical, uncountable)Parliament cake, a type of gingerbread.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A length of time for which a parliament is summoned, in modern times therefore the period between two consecutive elections.
This parliament has been more scandal-filled than any other in history.
- a legislative assembly in certain countries
- a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
Examples
138 sentencesParliament is now in session.
ruПарламент сейчас на сессии.
deDas Parlament hat jetzt eine Sitzung.
It would be a disaster if they ever got a majority in the parliament.
Це було б катастрофою, якби вони колись отримали більшість у парламенті.
The law has gone through parliament.
deDas Gesetz wurde vom Parlament verabschiedet.
They had the majority in Parliament.
У них була більшість у парламенті.
ruУ них было большинство в парламенте.
deSie hatten die Mehrheit im Parlament.
He has many friends in parliament.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English parlement, from Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment and OldFrom Middle English parlement, from Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment and Old French parlement (“discussion, meeting, negotiation; assembly, council”), from parler (“to speak”) + -ment (“-ment”, suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually indicating an action or state resulting from them) (from Latin -mentum). Compare Medieval Latin parlamentum, parliamentum (“discussion, meeting; council or court summoned by the monarch”), Italian parlamento and Sicilian parramentu.
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Forms
plural: parliamentsSynonyms
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