lower house

English

Noun

lower house ‎(plural lower houses)

1. One of the two parts of a parliament in some countries.

Synonyms

• lower chamber

Hypernyms

• house (structurally)

Translations

part of a parliament

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下院 (zh) ‎(xiàyuàn), 下議院 (zh), 下议院 (zh) ‎(xiàyìyuàn)

• Czech: dolní sněmovna f
• Finnish: alahuone
• French: chambre basse (fr) f
• Georgian: ქვედა პალატა ‎(kveda ṗalaṭa), ქვემო პალატა ‎(kvemo ṗalaṭa)
• German: Unterhaus (de) n

• Greek: κάτω βουλή f ‎(káto voulí)
• Japanese: 下院 ‎(かいん, kain)
• Korean: 하원 (ko) ‎(hawon)
• Navajo: ayaaí hooghan
• Russian: ни́жняя пала́та f ‎(nížnjaja paláta)
• Swedish: underhus
• Tagalog: mababang kapulungan

See also

• House of Commons
• House of Representatives
• upper house