lower house

English

Noun

lower house (plural lower houses)

One of the two parts of a parliament in some countries.
- Olarn, Kocha; Regan, Helen (2019-02-08), “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition‎, Cable News Network, retrieved 2019-02-08
  In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.

Synonyms

lower chamber

Hypernyms

house (structurally)

Translations

part of a parliament

Arabic: مَجْلِس أَدْنَى‎ m (majlis ʾadnā)
Belarusian: ні́жняя пала́та f (nížnjaja paláta)
Bulgarian: до́лна ка́мара f (dólna kámara)
Burmese: အောက်လွှတ်တော် (my) (aukhlwattau)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下院 (zh) (xiàyuàn), 下議院 (zh), 下议院 (zh) (xiàyìyuàn)
Czech: dolní sněmovna f
Danish: underhus n
Dutch: lagerhuis n
Estonian: alamkoda
Finnish: alahuone (fi)
French: chambre basse (fr) f
Georgian: ქვედა პალატა (kveda ṗalaṭa), ქვემო პალატა (kvemo ṗalaṭa)
German: Unterhaus (de) n
Greek: κάτω βουλή f (káto voulí)
Hungarian: alsóház (hu), képviselőház (hu)
Italian: camera bassa f

Japanese: 下院 (かいん, kain)
Korean: 하원 (ko) (hawon)
Navajo: ayaaí hooghan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underhus n
Polish: izba niższa (pl) f
Portuguese: câmara baixa f
Romanian: camera inferioară f
Russian: ни́жняя пала́та (ru) f (nížnjaja paláta)
Spanish: cámara baja f
Swedish: underhus
Tagalog: mababang kapulungan
Thai: สภาล่าง (sà-paa-lâang)
Ukrainian: ни́жня пала́та f (nýžnja paláta)
Vietnamese: hạ viện

See also

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