parliament

B2 Topic:Law & Government

Also spelled parlyment

US /ˈpɑɹ.lə.mənt/ UK /ˈpɑː.lə.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6148

Meanings

1

noun
The group of elected people who make a country's laws.

Parliament voted to pass the new law on clean energy.
2

noun
The period of time for which a parliament meets, usually between two elections.

Several major reforms were made during the last parliament.

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Forms parliaments

Derived forms anti-parliamentaryantiparliamentantiparliamentaryextra-parliamentaryextraparliamentaryinter-parliamentaryinterparliamentinterparliamentaryp-funkparliament-likeparliamentalparliamentarian

Etymology

From 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.

*gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European parlement Middle English parliament xno -mentum Latin

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# parliament

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑɹ.lə.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑː.lə.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 6148

## Meanings
1. The group of elected people who make a country's laws.
2. The period of time for which a parliament meets, usually between two elections.

## Examples
- Parliament voted to pass the new law on clean energy.
- Several major reforms were made during the last parliament.

## Derived Forms
- anti-parliamentary
- antiparliament
- antiparliamentary
- extra-parliamentary
- extraparliamentary
- inter-parliamentary
- interparliament
- interparliamentary
- p-funk
- parliament-like
- parliamental
- parliamentarian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷelH-
- Root: parlement
- Root: parliament
- Root: -mentum

## Etymology
From 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.

## AI Etymology
Parliament comes from 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. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-, Middle English parlement, xno parliament, Old French parlement, and Latin -mentum. Modern senses include the group of elected people who make a country's laws and the period of time for which a parliament meets, usually between two elections.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Politics & International Affairs

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