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parlement

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

parlement (plural parlemente)

  1. parliament

Dutch edit

 
Het Europees Parlement in Straatsburg
The European Parliament in Strasbourg

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch parlement, from Old French parlement.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

parlement n (plural parlementen, diminutive parlementje n)

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

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: parlement
  • → Indonesian: parlemen

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French parlement, from Middle English parlement.

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Noun edit

parlement m (plural parlements)

  1. parliament

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Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and continental Old French parlement; equivalent to parlen +‎ -ment. Compare Medieval Latin parliamentum.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌparli(a)ˈmɛnt/, /ˈparli(a)mɛnt/

Noun edit

parlement

  1. A discussion or conversation; talking.
  2. A consultation, council, or conference:
    1. A parliament (formal council of importance)
    2. A parliament (legislative assembly).
  3. (specifically) The parliament of England.
  4. (rare) An order or directive.

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ “parlement(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French edit

Noun edit

parlement m (plural parlemens)

  1. parliament
  2. discussion
    • c. 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

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Noun edit

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

  1. discussion; discourse; debate; argument
  2. deliberative assembly[1]
  3. parliament (curia regis in judicial session; sovereign court of justice) (13th century)[1]
  4. parliament (legislative assembly or body) (14th century)[1]

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References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “parlement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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