"lower house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lower houses [plural]
Etymology: lower + house Etymology templates: {{affix|en|lower|house}} lower + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} lower house (plural lower houses)
  1. (government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money. Categories (topical): Buildings, Government, Rooms Synonyms: lower chamber Hypernyms: house (english: structurally) Related terms: House of Commons, House of Representatives Translations (part of a legislature): مَجْلِس أَدْنَى (majlis ʔadnā) [masculine] (Arabic), aşağı palata (Azerbaijani), ні́жняя пала́та (nížnjaja paláta) [feminine] (Belarusian), до́лна ка́мара (dólna kámara) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အောက်လွှတ်တော် (aukhlwattau) (Burmese), 下院 (xiàyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 下議院 (Chinese Mandarin), 下议院 (xiàyìyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), dolní sněmovna [feminine] (Czech), underhus [neuter] (Danish), lagerhuis [neuter] (Dutch), alamkoda (Estonian), alahuone (Finnish), chambre basse [feminine] (French), ქვედა პალატა (kveda ṗalaṭa) (Georgian), ქვემო პალატა (kvemo ṗalaṭa) (Georgian), Unterhaus [neuter] (German), κάτω βουλή (káto voulí) [feminine] (Greek), alsóház (Hungarian), képviselőház (Hungarian), camera bassa [feminine] (Italian), 下院 (kain) (alt: かいん) (Japanese), 하원 (hawon) (Korean), ayaaí hooghan (Navajo), underhus [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), annetkammer [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), underhus [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), izba niższa [feminine] (Polish), câmara baixa [feminine] (Portuguese), camera inferioară [feminine] (Romanian), ни́жняя пала́та (nížnjaja paláta) [feminine] (Russian), cámara baja [feminine] (Spanish), underhus (Swedish), mababang kapulungan (Tagalog), สภาล่าง (sà-paa-lâang) (Thai), ни́жня пала́та (nýžnja paláta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hạ viện (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "underhus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "part of a legislature",
      "word": "mababang kapulungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-paa-lâang",
      "sense": "part of a legislature",
      "word": "สภาล่าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nýžnja paláta",
      "sense": "part of a legislature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ни́жня пала́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "part of a legislature",
      "word": "hạ viện"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lower house"
}

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