interparliamentary

US /ˌɪntɚˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri/ UK /ˌɪntəˌpɑːləˈmɛntəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
existing or conducted between parliaments or their members

Delegates met at the interparliamentary conference in Geneva.

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Related forms parliament parliamentary

Etymology

From inter- ('between') + parliamentary, from parliament, from Old French parlement ('a speaking, conference'), from parler ('to speak'), from Late Latin parabolare ('to talk'), from Latin parabola.

inter- Latin parler Old French

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# interparliamentary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪntɚˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪntəˌpɑːləˈmɛntəri/

## Meanings
1. existing or conducted between parliaments or their members

## Examples
- Delegates met at the interparliamentary conference in Geneva.

## Related Forms
- parliament
- parliamentary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inter-
- Root: parler

## Etymology
From inter- ('between') + parliamentary, from parliament, from Old French parlement ('a speaking, conference'), from parler ('to speak'), from Late Latin parabolare ('to talk'), from Latin parabola.

## AI Etymology
interparliamentary comes from inter- ('between') + parliamentary, from parliament, from Old French parlement ('a speaking, conference'), from parler ('to speak'), from Late Latin parabolare ('to talk'), from Latin parabola. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "existing or conducted between parliaments or their members", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as parliament and parliamentary. The named historical forms include Latin inter- and Old French parler.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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