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/paʁ.lə.mɑ̃/
Translation
parliament
Word origin
From parler ('to speak') plus -ment, via Old French parlement ('discussion, speaking'). The English parliament comes from the same Old French word.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- parlement
- English cognates
- parliament, parley
Grammar
Examples
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Parliament voted on the new law last night.
élue - .
She was elected to parliament at the age of twenty-eight.
.
The debate in parliament lasted all night.
French style often capitalises Parlement when naming the actual institution (le Parlement a voté...), but lower case is common for the general concept of a parliament (un parlement démocratique).
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