Phrase guide

lower house

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From lower + house.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَجْلِس أَدْنَى (majlis ʔadnā) — part of a legislature
  • Azerbaijani: aşağı palata — part of a legislature
  • Belarusian: ні́жняя пала́та (nížnjaja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Bulgarian: до́лна ка́мара (dólna kámara) — part of a legislature
  • Burmese: အောက်လွှတ်တော် (aukhlwattau) — part of a legislature
  • Catalan: cambra baixa — part of a legislature
  • Catalan: primera cambra — part of a legislature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下院 (xiàyuàn) — part of a legislature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 下議院 /下议院 (xiàyìyuàn) — part of a legislature
  • Czech: dolní sněmovna — part of a legislature
  • Danish: underhus — part of a legislature
  • Dutch: lagerhuis — part of a legislature
  • Estonian: alamkoda — part of a legislature
  • Finnish: alahuone — part of a legislature
  • French: chambre basse — part of a legislature
  • Georgian: ქვედა პალატა (kveda ṗalaṭa) — part of a legislature
  • Georgian: ქვემო პალატა (kvemo ṗalaṭa) — part of a legislature
  • German: Unterhaus — part of a legislature
  • Greek: κάτω βουλή (káto voulí) — part of a legislature
  • Hindi: निम्न सदन (nimna sadan) — part of a legislature
  • Hungarian: alsóház — part of a legislature
  • Hungarian: képviselőház — part of a legislature
  • Italian: camera bassa — part of a legislature
  • Japanese: 下院 (kain) — part of a legislature
  • Korean: 하원 (hawon) — part of a legislature
  • Navajo: ayaaí hooghan — part of a legislature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: underhus — part of a legislature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annetkammer — part of a legislature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: underhus — part of a legislature
  • Polish: izba niższa — part of a legislature
  • Portuguese: câmara baixa — part of a legislature
  • Romanian: camera inferioară — part of a legislature
  • Russian: ни́жняя пала́та (nížnjaja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Spanish: cámara baja — part of a legislature
  • Swedish: underhus — part of a legislature
  • Tagalog: mababang kapulungan — part of a legislature
  • Thai: สภาล่าง (sà-paa-lâang) — part of a legislature
  • Turkish: alt meclis — part of a legislature
  • Ukrainian: ни́жня пала́та (nýžnja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Vietnamese: hạ viện — part of a legislature
  • Welsh: siambr isaf — part of a legislature