FromDutchparlement, fromMiddle Dutchparlement, fromOld Frenchparlement.
parlement (pluralparlemente)
- parliament
Het Europees Parlement in Straatsburg
The European Parliament in StrasbourgFromMiddle Dutchparlement, fromOld Frenchparlement.
- IPA(key): /ˌpɑr.ləˈmɛnt/
- Hyphenation:par‧le‧ment
- Rhymes:-ɛnt
parlement n (pluralparlementen,diminutiveparlementje n)
- parliament
- (obsolete)conversation,talking,discussion,talk
- (obsolete)meeting,assembly
Inherited fromOld Frenchparlement, fromMiddle Englishparlement.
parlement m (pluralparlements)
- parliament
Borrowed fromAnglo-Norman and continentalOld Frenchparlement; equivalent toparlen +-ment. CompareMedieval Latinparliamentum.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˌparli(a)ˈmɛnt/,/ˈparli(a)mɛnt/
parlement
- Adiscussion orconversation;talking.
- Aconsultation,council, orconference:
- Aparliament(formalcouncil of importance)
- Aparliament(legislative assembly).
- (specifically) Theparliament ofEngland.
- (rare) Anorder ordirective.
parlement m (pluralparlemens)
- parliament
- discussion
c.1369,Jean Froissart,Chroniques:Si eurent entre euls avant disnerparlement sur l'estat de leurs besoignes- They had, between them, discussion before dinner about the state of their work
1488, Jean Dupré,Lancelot du Lac, page53:mal ont fait lesparlemens de la table ronde- they conducted the discussions of the round table badly
parlementoblique singular, m (oblique pluralparlemenzorparlementz,nominative singularparlemenzorparlementz,nominative pluralparlement)
- discussion;discourse;debate;argument
- deliberative assembly[1]
- parliament (curia regis in judicial session; sovereign court of justice) (13th century)[1]
- parliament (legislative assembly or body) (14th century)[1]
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Benelux-parlement on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedianl,