parlament

See also: 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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pər.ləˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pər.ləˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾ.laˈment]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Parlament.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparlamɛnt]
• 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

Declension of parlament (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	parlament	parlamenty
genitive	parlamentu	parlamentů
dative	parlamentu	parlamentům
accusative	parlament	parlamenty
vocative	parlamente	parlamenty
locative	parlamentě, parlamentu	parlamentech
instrumental	parlamentem	parlamenty

See also

• sněm m
• sněmovna f

Further reading

• “parlament”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “parlament”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “parlament”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

parlament n (singular definite parlamentet, plural indefinite parlamenter)

1. parliament

Inflection

Declension of parlament

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	parlament	parlamentet	parlamenter	parlamenterne
genitive	parlaments	parlamentets	parlamenters	parlamenternes

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑrlɑmˈenʲt/

Noun

parlament (genitive parlamendi, partitive parlamenti)

1. parliament

   Synonym: riigikogu

Declension

Declension of parlament (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		parlament	parlamendid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	parlamendi
genitive			parlamentide
partitive		parlamenti	parlamente parlamentisid
illative		parlamenti parlamendisse	parlamentidesse parlamendesse
inessive		parlamendis	parlamentides parlamendes
elative		parlamendist	parlamentidest parlamendest
allative		parlamendile	parlamentidele parlamendele
adessive		parlamendil	parlamentidel parlamendel
ablative		parlamendilt	parlamentidelt parlamendelt
translative		parlamendiks	parlamentideks parlamendeks
terminative		parlamendini	parlamentideni
essive		parlamendina	parlamentidena
abessive		parlamendita	parlamentideta
comitative		parlamendiga	parlamentidega

Further reading

• “parlament”, in [EKSS] 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): [ˈpɒrlɒmɛnt]
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

parlament (plural parlamentek)

1. parliament

   Synonym: országgyűlés

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	parlament	parlamentek
accusative	parlamentet	parlamenteket
dative	parlamentnek	parlamenteknek
instrumental	parlamenttel	parlamentekkel
causal-final	parlamentért	parlamentekért
translative	parlamentté	parlamentekké
terminative	parlamentig	parlamentekig
essive-formal	parlamentként	parlamentekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	parlamentben	parlamentekben
superessive	parlamenten	parlamenteken
adessive	parlamentnél	parlamenteknél
illative	parlamentbe	parlamentekbe
sublative	parlamentre	parlamentekre
allative	parlamenthez	parlamentekhez
elative	parlamentből	parlamentekből
delative	parlamentről	parlamentekről
ablative	parlamenttől	parlamentektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	parlamenté	parlamenteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	parlamentéi	parlamentekéi

Possessive forms of parlament
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	parlamentem	parlamentjeim
2nd person sing.	parlamented	parlamentjeid
3rd person sing.	parlamentje	parlamentjei
1st person plural	parlamentünk	parlamentjeink
2nd person plural	parlamentetek	parlamentjeitek
3rd person plural	parlamentjük	parlamentjeik

Derived terms

• parlamentáris
• parlamenter
• parlamenti

 

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

• parlamentari
• parlamentariżmu
• parlamentarju

 

Middle English

Noun

parlament

1. Alternative form of parlement

Norwegian Bokmål

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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments)

1. parliament

Derived terms

• parlamentari

Polish

parlament

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

Declension of parlament

	singular	plural
nominative	parlament	parlamenty
genitive	parlamentu	parlamentów
dative	parlamentowi	parlamentom
accusative	parlament	parlamenty
instrumental	parlamentem	parlamentami
locative	parlamencie	parlamentach
vocative	parlamencie	parlamenty

Derived terms

nouns

• parlamentarzysta
• parlamentarzystka

 

Further reading

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

Romanian

parlament

Etymology

Borrowed from French parlement.

Noun

parlament n (plural parlamente)

1. parliament (elected political institution)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	parlament	parlamentul		parlamente	parlamentele
genitive-dative	parlament	parlamentului		parlamente	parlamentelor
vocative	parlamentule			parlamentelor

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

Declension of parlament

	singular	plural
nominative	parlàment	parlamenti
genitive	parlamenta	parlàmenātā
dative	parlamentu	parlamentima
accusative	parlament	parlamente
vocative	parlamente	parlamenti
locative	parlamentu	parlamentima
instrumental	parlamentom	parlamentima

Swedish

The EU parliament in Brussels, Belgium, is an example of a foreign parliament.

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^[1]:

     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

Declension of parlament

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	parlament	parlaments
	definite	parlamentet	parlamentets
plural	indefinite	parlament	parlaments
	definite	parlamenten	parlamentens

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)