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^[1], 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