hung parliament

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hʌŋ ˈpɑːləmənt/
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• General-American: /hʌŋ ˈpɑɹləmənt/
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From the fact that the work of such a parliament is often suspended because no majority of the Members of Parliament can be obtained to enact legislation or to pass resolutions.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: برلمان معلق — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸浮議會 /悬浮议会 (xuánfú yìhuì) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸峙議會 /悬峙议会 (xuánzhì yìhuì) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Finnish: enemmistötön parlamentti — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Finnish: hung-parlamentti — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• French: parlement minoritaire — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Galician: parlamento sen maioría absoluta — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Georgian: პარლამენტი უმრავლესობის გარეშე (ṗarlamenṭi umravlesobis gareše) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Georgian: უუმრავლესობო პარლამენტი (uumravlesobo ṗarlamenṭi) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• German: no native term exists — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• German: the English term may be used in political science — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Hindi: त्रिशंकु सभा (triśaṅku sabhā) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Indonesian: parlemen gantung — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Korean: 헝 의회 (heong uihoe) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Malay: parlimen tergantung — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Norwegian: vippeparlament — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Portuguese: parlamento suspenso — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Scottish Gaelic: pàrlamaid chrochte — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Scottish Gaelic: pàrlamaid gun mhòr-chuid — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Serbo-Croatian: blokirani parlament — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Spanish: parlamento colgado — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Swedish: hängt parlament — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Thai: สภาแขวน (sà-paa-kwɛ̌ɛn) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Thai: สภาชะงักงัน (sà-paa-chá-ngák-ngan) — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Turkish: asılı parlamento — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority
• Welsh: senedd grog — parliament in which no single political party has an outright majority