parliament

Other forms of parliament

plural

parliaments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parliament

What does parliament mean?

parliament means "a legislative assembly in certain countries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parliament?

parliament has 3 syllables: par-lia-ment. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹləmənt/.

What is another word for parliament?

Close synonyms include fantan, sevens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parliament a common word?

parliament is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.