parlamento

See also: parlamentó and parlamentò

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parlamento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾlaˈmento/ [pɐɾ̪.l̪ɐˈmin̪.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧men‧to

Noun

parlamento

1. (rare) alternative form of parlyamento

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parlaˈmento/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: par‧la‧men‧to

Noun

parlamento (accusative singular parlamenton, plural parlamentoj, accusative plural parlamentojn)

1. parliament

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾlaˈmento/ [paɾ.laˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧men‧to

Noun

parlamento m (plural parlamentos)

1. parliament; an assembly of representatives
2. government building where a parliament assembles

Related terms

• parlamentario

Further reading

• “parlamento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “parlamento”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parlamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interlingua

Noun

parlamento (plural parlamentos)

1. parliament

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par.laˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From parlare (“to speak”) +‎ -mento (verbal action suffix).

Noun

parlamento m (plural parlamenti)

1. (archaic, literary) conversation, talk
2. public assembly or meeting
   1. parliament
3. (by extension) the collective members of a parliament
4. (metonymic) the meeting place of a parliament

Derived terms

• parlamentare

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پارلامنتو (parlamento), փարլամէնթօ (parlamento) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: parlamento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

parlamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of parlamentare

Further reading

• parlamento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• parlamento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• parlamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• tamponarle

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [par.ɫaˈmɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [par.laˈmɛn.to]

Noun

parlamentō

1. dative/ablative singular of parlamentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French parlement. By surface analysis, parlar (“to speak”) +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.laˈmẽ.tu/ [paɦ.laˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.laˈmẽ.tu/ [paɦ.laˈmẽ.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾ.laˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁ.laˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻ.laˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.laˈmẽ.to/ [paɦ.laˈmẽ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.lɐˈmẽ.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: par‧la‧men‧to

Noun

parlamento m (plural parlamentos)

1. parliament

Further reading

• “parlamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “parlamento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “parlamento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “parlamento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “parlamento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾlaˈmento/ [paɾ.laˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: par‧la‧men‧to

Etymology 1

From parlar (“to speak”) +‎ -mento.

Noun

parlamento m (plural parlamentos)

1. parliament
2. reasoning, wording
3. a speaking role, as opposed to acotación

Derived terms

• Parlamento Europeo

Related terms

• parlamentario
• parlamentarismo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

parlamento

1. first-person singular present indicative of parlamentar

Further reading

• “parlamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• parliyamento — pseudo-Hispanism
• parlyamento — superseded, pre-2007, pseudo-Hispanism

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parlamento.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paɾlaˈmento/ [pɐɾ.lɐˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: par‧la‧men‧to

Noun

parlamento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. parliament

Derived terms

• parlamento sa kalye

Related terms

• parlamentarismo
• parlamentaryo

Further reading

• “parlamento”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “parlamento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “parlamento”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Turkish

Alternative forms

• parlâmento

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پارلامنتو (parlamento), from French parlement. According to Nişanyan the closer resemblance to Italian parlamento is coincidental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾ.laˈmen.to/, [paɾ.laˈmɛn.to]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

parlamento (definite accusative parlamentoyu, plural parlamentolar)

1. parliament [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: meclis

Declension

Declension of parlamento

	singular	plural
nominative	parlamento	parlamentolar
definite accusative	parlamentoyu	parlamentoları
dative	parlamentoya	parlamentolara
locative	parlamentoda	parlamentolarda
ablative	parlamentodan	parlamentolardan
genitive	parlamentonun	parlamentoların

References

• “parlamento”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “parlamento”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “parlamento”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پارلامنتو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 432