lower house

English

Etymology

From lower +‎ house.

Noun

lower house (plural lower houses)

1. (government) The lower legislative house in a bicameral legislature; in many cases, the one that is directly elected and/or has more practical power, such as the power to raise and spend money.

   Coordinate terms: upper house, sole house

   • 2019 February 8, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition‎, Cable News Network, retrieved 2019-02-08:

     In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.

Synonyms

• lower chamber

Hypernyms

• house (structurally)

Translations

part of a legislature

Arabic: مَجْلِس أَدْنَى m (majlis ʔadnā) Azerbaijani: aşağı palata Belarusian: ні́жняя пала́та f (nížnjaja paláta) Bulgarian: до́лна ка́мара f (dólna kámara) Burmese: အောက်လွှတ်တော် (my) (aukhlwattau) Chinese: Mandarin: 下院 (zh) (xiàyuàn), 下議院／下议院 (zh) (xiàyìyuàn) Czech: dolní sněmovna f Danish: underhus n Dutch: lagerhuis n Estonian: alamkoda Finnish: alahuone (fi) French: chambre basse (fr) f Georgian: ქვედა პალატა (kveda ṗalaṭa), ქვემო პალატა (kvemo ṗalaṭa) German: Unterhaus (de) n Greek: κάτω βουλή f (káto voulí) Hungarian: alsóház (hu), képviselőház (hu) Italian: camera bassa f Japanese: 下院 (ja) (かいん, kain) Korean: 하원 (ko) (hawon) Navajo: ayaaí hooghan Norwegian: Bokmål: underhus n, annetkammer n Nynorsk: underhus n Polish: izba niższa (pl) f Portuguese: câmara baixa f Romanian: camera inferioară f Russian: ни́жняя пала́та (ru) f (nížnjaja paláta) Spanish: cámara baja f Swedish: underhus (sv) Tagalog: mababang kapulungan Thai: สภาล่าง (sà-paa-lâang) Ukrainian: ни́жня пала́та f (nýžnja paláta) Vietnamese: hạ viện (vi)

See also

• House of Commons
• House of Representatives