# parlament
## English
### Noun

parlament (plural parlaments)
* 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
* parliament
    Synonym: kuvend

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pər.ləˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pər.ləˈment]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paɾ.laˈment]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments)
* parliament
* (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, 2025
* “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: [ˈparlamɛnt]
* Rhymes: -amɛnt
* Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment

### Noun

parlament m inan (relational adjective parlamentní or parlamentární)
* (government) parliament
    Parlament České republiky ― Parliament of the Czech Republic
    Evropský parlament ― European Parliament
* parliament (building of a parliament)

#### 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), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old French parlement.

### Noun

parlament n (singular definite parlamentet, plural indefinite parlamenter)
* parliament
    Synonyms: rigsdag, nationalforsamling

#### Inflection
### Related Terms

* parlamentarisk
* parlamentere
* parlamentarisme
* parlamentariker

### Derived Terms

* gadens parlament
* parlamentsbygning
* parlamentsflertal
* parlamentsformand
* parlamentsgruppe
* parlamentsmedlem
* parlamentsmøde
* parlamentssamling
* parlamentsvalg

### See Also

* folketing

### Further reading

* “parlament” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑrlɑmˈenʲt/
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### Noun

parlament (genitive parlamendi, partitive parlamenti)
* parliament
    Synonym: riigikogu

#### Declension
### 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: [ˈpɒrlɒmɛnt]
* Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

parlament (plural parlamentek)
* parliament
    Synonym: országgyűlés

#### 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)
* parliament

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian parlamento.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /par.laˈmɛnt/

### Noun

parlament m (plural parlamenti)
* parliament
    membru tal-parlament ― member of parliament
    kamra tal-parlament ― house of parliament

#### Related terms

* parlamentari
* parlamentariżmu
* parlamentarju

## Middle English
### Noun

parlament
* Alternative form of parlement

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* parlamentsbygning

### References

* “parlament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parlament m (plural parlaments)
* parliament

#### Derived terms

* parlamentari

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Parlament.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /parˈla.mɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amɛnt
* Syllabification: par‧la‧ment

### Noun

parlament m inan (related adjective parlamentarny)
* (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
** parliament (total number of people who sit in a parliament)
    Synonym: sejm
** parliament (building of a parliament)
    Synonym: sejm

#### Derived terms

* parlamentarzysta
* parlamentarzystka

### 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)
* parliament (elected political institution)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Parlament, from French parlement.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /parlǎment/
* Hyphenation: pa‧rla‧ment

### Noun

parlàment m (Cyrillic spelling парла̀мент)
* parliament

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Parlament, from French parlement.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /parlamɛ́nt/
* Rhymes: -ɛ́nt
* Hyphenation: par‧la‧ment

### Noun

parlamȅnt m inan
* parliament (a legislative, political representative body of one or two houses, composed of representatives of political parties)
** 2024 December 27, Jure Trampuš, »Ljudje od neposredno izvoljenega politika ne pričakujejo, da bo zgolj ubogljivo kimal«‎:Gospa predsednica, naporen teden je za vami. Začelo se je z govorom v parlamentu, potem sta vas okarala dva predsednika. Najprej Borut Pahor, ki je razpredal, da mora predsednica predstavljati vse državljane, nekaj dni kasneje pa se je oglasil kabinet predsednika vlade, češ da ne bi smeli kritizirati ministrov. Kako ste občutili vse to?Madam President, you've had a tough week. It started with a speech in parliament, then you were reprimanded by two presidents. First, Borut Pahor, who said that the president should represent all citizens, and a few days later, the Prime Minister's Office came forward, saying that we shouldn't criticize ministers. How did you feel about all of this?
* (colloquial, government, politics) National Assembly
    Synonym: držávni zbȍr

#### Derived terms

* parlamentȃren
* parlamentȃrec m anim
* parlamentȋrati pf

### Further reading

* “parlament”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “parlament”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

parlament n
* (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 [...]
* (obsolete, 14th century) council meeting
    Synonym: rådsmöte

##### 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
* (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)