parliament
2
9.9
- noun
- UK
:
juego de sietes
- To win at parliament, you need to plan your moves carefully and keep track of the cards played.
Examples
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A group of owls is called a parliament.
Blog text (25) -
Despite an increase in the number of women in parliament, the political elite, dominated by men between the ages of forty-four and sixty-six, do not represent society at large.
Academic text (1997) -
In June 1977, an opposition deputy asserted in parliament that a 1975-1976 conspiracy to assassinate the prime minister and overthrow the elected government involved as many as 300 officers.
Academic text (1997) -
Kazakhstan, as it happens, would be particularly well-served by a strong parliament—like the American Congress—to check the insatiable appetite of its president.
Academic text (1997) -
In the card game parliament, players must quickly lay down their cards in the correct order.
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During family game night, we decided to play parliament, which always brings a lot of laughter.
Synonyms
2
7.8
A card game where players place the seven of a suit and then play cards in order to win
A card game where players start with sevens then add cards to suit sequences to use all cards first
Compounds
8
3.5
A group that makes laws for the United Kingdom with two parts, Commons and Lords
3
3.7
A person elected to represent an area in the UK Parliament, especially in the House of Commons
The group in Poland that makes laws and has two houses, the Sejm and the Senate
Surface Forms
Morphology
parliament = parley (opaque) = parl + ment
The card-game sense is a specialized or metaphorical use and cannot be predicted from 'parley' + '-ment' by an average learner.
Etymology
Parliament (the card game) likely got its name from the same root parler 'to speak' because the game looks like a small meeting where players take turns. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the players as a tiny 'parliament' who each play their cards in turn.