House of Commons

house of commons English Etymology In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility. Pronunciation en En-au-House of Commons.ogg AU en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-House of Commons.wav Southern England Proper noun House of Commons 1 en UK politics The lower house of the British Parliament. en 2024 March 20 Conrad Landin "Farcical" Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act isn't working RAIL 1005 25 When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written". en Canada politics The lower house of the Canadian Parliament. Synonyms en Commons; en Commons House uncommon Translations lower house in UK or Canadian parliament Arabic: ar مَجْلِس عُمُوم m Armenian: hy համայնքների պալատ Belarusian: be пала́та абшчы́н f Bulgarian: bg Камара на общините f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 下議院, yue 眾議院 Mandarin: cmn 下議院, cmn 眾議院 Czech: cs Dolní sněmovna f Danish: da Underhuset n Dutch: nl Lagerhuis n, nl Huis der Gemeenten n archaic Finnish: fi alahuone French: fr Chambre des communes f Georgian: ka თემთა პალატა German: de Unterhaus n, also de House of Commons n, archaic de Haus der Gemeinen n Greek: el Βουλή των Κοινοτήτων Hindi: hi कामन सभा f Hungarian: hu képviselőház Italian: it Camera dei comuni f Japanese: ja 庶民院 しょみんいん, Shōmin'in, ja 下院 かいん, kain Korean: ko 하원(下院) Macedonian: mk Дом на општините m, mk Долен дом m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Underhuset n Nynorsk: nn Underhuset n Ojibwe: oj onashowediiwigamig UK, oj onashowediiwigamigoons Canada Persian: fa مَجلِسِ عَوام majles-e 'avâm Polish: pl Izba Gmin f Portuguese: pt Câmara dos Comuns f Romanian: ro Camera Comunelor f Russian: ru пала́та о́бщин f Scottish Gaelic: gd Taigh nan Cumantan m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Dolna komora f Upper Sorbian: hsb Delnja komora f Spanish: es Cámara de los Comunes Swedish: sv Underhuset n Thai: th สภาสามัญชน, th สภาผู้แทนราษฎร Ukrainian: uk пала́та грома́д f Urdu: ur دار اَلْعُلُوم Vietnamese: vi hạ nghị viện, vi hạ viện See also en Houses of Parliament House of Lords Prime Minister Member of Parliament Further reading Noun Houses of Commons House of Commons A session of the House of Commons. en 1842 William Chambers; et al. Chambers's Information for the People 178 Reckoning from 1802 till November 15, 1837, there were thirteen Houses of Commons en Canada _ slang jocular _ euphemism An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. en 1987 Chris Thain Cold as a Bay Street Banker's Heart 86 Right across western Canada, the "house of commons" is the biffey. Now that should tell you something about the way westerners feel about the goings-on in Ottawa. Alternative forms en house of commons Synonyms en commons, en common house; see also Thesaurus:outhouse References The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. "House of Commons". en Buildings Government Rooms Toilet (room)