parlement

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch parlement, from Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Noun

parlement (plural parlemente)

  1. parliament

Dutch

Het Europees Parlement in Straatsburg
The European Parliament in Strasbourg

Etymology

From Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɑr.ləˈmɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧le‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

parlement n (plural parlementen, diminutive parlementje n)

  1. parliament
  2. (obsolete) conversation, talking, discussion, talk
  3. (obsolete) meeting, assembly

Derived terms



French

Etymology

From Old French parlement

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.lə.mɑ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

parlement m (plural parlements)

  1. parliament

Further reading


Middle French

Noun

parlement m (plural parlemens)

  1. parliament
  2. discussion
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      Si eurent entre euls avant disner parlement 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, page 53:
      mal ont fait les parlemens de la table ronde
      they conducted the discussions of the round table badly

Old French

Etymology

parler (to speak) + -ment

Noun

parlement m (oblique plural parlemenz or parlementz, nominative singular parlemenz or parlementz, nominative plural parlement)

  1. discussion; discourse; debate; argument
  2. council; parliament

Descendants

References

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