House of Commons

See also: house of commons

English

“House”, in this term, means a deliberative assembly, while “the Commons” stands for “the common people”, as opposed to nobility.

(Britain, politics) The lower house of the British Parliament; a session of the house.
- 1842, William Chambers & al., Chambers's Information for the People, page 178:
  Reckoning from 1802 till November 15, 1837, there were thirteen Houses of Commons
(Canada, politics) The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.

lower house in UK or Canadian parliament

Armenian: համայնքների պալատ (hamaynkʿneri palat)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 下議院, 下议院 (haa⁶ ji⁵ jyun⁶^-²), 眾議院, 众议院 (zung³ ji⁵ jyun⁶^-²)

Mandarin: 下議院 (zh), 下议院 (zh) (xiàyìyuàn), 眾議院 (zh), 众议院 (zh) (zòngyìyuàn)
Dutch: Lagerhuis (nl)
Finnish: alahuone (fi)
French: Chambre des communes (fr) f
Georgian: თემთა პალატა (temta ṗalaṭa)
German: House of Commons (de) n, Unterhaus (de) n, Haus ab Gemeinen n
Greek: Βουλή των Κοινοτήτων (Voulí ton Koinotíton)
Hindi: कामन सभा f (kāman sabhā)

House of Commons (plural Houses of Commons)

(Canada slang, humorous euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- 1987, Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker's Heart, page 86:
  Right across western Canada, the "house of commons" is the biffey. Now that should tell you something about the way westerners feel about the goings-on in Ottawa.

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