Parlament

See also: parlament

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German parlamënt n (“meeting; disputation; assembly”), from Old French parlement (“parliament”), from Middle English parlement (“discussion; parliament”), itself from Old French parlement (“discussion”), from parler (“to speak”) + -ment, from Medieval Latin parabolō (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁlaˈmɛnt/
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Noun

Parlament n (strong, genitive Parlamentes or Parlaments, plural Parlamente)

  1. (politics) parliament
    • 2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, →ISBN, page 257:
      Bismarck, dargestellt von Paul Hartmann, entmachtet das Parlament.
      Bismarck, played by Paul Hartmann, disempowers the parliament.
  2. (architecture) legislative building

Declension

Declension of Parlament [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Parlament die Parlamente
genitive eines des Parlamentes, Parlaments der Parlamente
dative einem dem Parlament, Parlamente1 den Parlamenten
accusative ein das Parlament die Parlamente

1Now rare, see notes.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Parlament m

  1. parliament of Catalonia
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