upper house

English

Noun

upper house ‎(plural upper houses)

1. One of the two parts of a parliament in some countries, usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.

Synonyms

• upper chamber

Hypernyms

• house (structurally)

Translations

part of a parliament

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元老院 (zh) ‎(yuánlǎoyuàn), 上院 (zh) ‎(shàngyuàn)

• Czech: horní sněmovna f
• Finnish: ylähuone (fi)
• French: chambre haute (fr) f
• Georgian: ზედა პალატა ‎(zeda ṗalaṭa), ზემო პალატა ‎(zemo ṗalaṭa)
• German: Oberhaus (de) n
• Greek: άνω βουλή f ‎(áno voulí)

• Icelandic: efri deild f
• Japanese: 上院 ‎(じょういん, jōin)
• Korean: 상원 ‎(sang-won)
• Navajo: adeií hooghan
• Portuguese: câmara alta f
• Russian: ве́рхняя пала́та f ‎(vérxnjaja paláta)
• Spanish: cámara alta f
• Swedish: överhus n
• Tagalog: mataas na kapulungan

See also

• House of Lords
• Senate
• lower house