parliament

How to Split "parliament" into Syllables

The word parliament is divided into 3 syllables: par·lia·ment. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.

📝 Syllable Breakdown

• par — 1st syllable
• lia — 2nd syllable
• ment — 3rd syllable

🔊 Pronunciation Guide

The phonetic transcription of parliament:

• IPA: /ˈpɑːləmənt/

📖 Definitions

1. parliament (countable and uncountable, plural parliaments)
2. In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature. [from 14th c.]

📚 Word Origin & History

From Middle English parlement, from Anglo-Norman parliament, parlement, parliment and Old French parlement (“discussion, meeting, negotiation; assembly, council”), from parler (“to speak”) + -ment (“-ment”, suffix forming nouns from verbs, usually indicating an action or state resulting from them) (from Latin -mentum). Compare Medieval Latin parlamentum, parliamentum (“discussion, meeting; council or court summoned by the monarch”), Italian parlamento and Sicilian parramentu.

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