senate

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• US: /ˈsɛnət/
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• Australian: /ˈsenət/
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From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَجْلِس (majlis) — legislative body
• Arabic: مَجْلِس أَعْلَى (majlis ʔaʕlā) — legislative body
• Chinese Mandarin: 參議院 /参议院 (cānyìyuàn) — legislative body
• Chinese Mandarin: 議院 /议院 (yìyuàn) — legislative body
• Chinese Mandarin: 議會 /议会 (yìhuì) — legislative body
• Dutch: senaat — legislative body
• Finnish: senaatti — legislative body
• French: Sénat — legislative body
• French: sénat — legislative body
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi) — legislative body
• German: Senat — legislative body
• Greek: γερουσία (gerousía) — legislative body
• Hebrew: סנאט (senát) — legislative body
• Japanese: 上院 (jōin) — legislative body
• Japanese: 議院 (giin) — legislative body
• Japanese: 議会 (gikai) — legislative body
• Japanese: 参議院 (sangiin) — legislative body
• Japanese: 元老院 (genrōin) — legislative body
• Korean: 상원 (sang'won) — legislative body
• Portuguese: senado — legislative body
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — legislative body
• Spanish: senado — legislative body
• Tagalog: senado — legislative body
• Arabic: مَجْلِس اَلشُّيُوخ اَلرُّومَانِيّ (majlis aš-šuyūḵ ar-rūmāniyy) — Roman senate
• Armenian: ծերակույտ (cerakuyt) — Roman senate
• Chinese Mandarin: 元老院 (yuánlǎoyuàn) — Roman senate
• Dutch: senaat — Roman senate
• Finnish: senaatti — Roman senate
• French: Sénat — Roman senate
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi) — Roman senate
• German: Senat — Roman senate
• Greek: σύγκλητος (sýgklitos) — Roman senate
• Ancient Greek: σύγκλητος (súnklētos) — Roman senate
• Italian: Senato — Roman senate
• Japanese: 元老院 (genrōin) — Roman senate
• Korean: 원로원 (wollowon) — Roman senate
• Polish: Senat — Roman senate
• Portuguese: senado — Roman senate
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — Roman senate
• Russian: Сена́т (Senát) — Roman senate
• Spanish: Senado — Roman senate
• Chinese Cantonese: 參議院 /参议院 — Canadian senate
• Chinese Cantonese: 上議院 /上议院 — Canadian senate
• Chinese Mandarin: 參議院 /参议院 (cānyìyuàn) — Canadian senate
• Chinese Mandarin: 上議院 /上议院 (shàngyìyuàn) — Canadian senate
• Finnish: senaatti — Canadian senate
• French: Sénat — Canadian senate
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — Canadian senate
• Finnish: senaatti — US Senate
• Finnish: liittovaltion senaatti — US Senate
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi) — US Senate
• Georgian: აშშ-ის სენატი (ašš-is senaṭi) — US Senate
• Georgian: ამერიკის სენატი (ameriḳis senaṭi) — US Senate
• Georgian: ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების სენატი (ameriḳis šeertebuli šṭaṭebis senaṭi) — US Senate
• Hebrew: סנאט (senát) — US Senate
• Icelandic: Öldungadeild Bandaríkjaþings — US Senate
• Korean: 미 상원 (mi sang'won) — US Senate
• Navajo: adeií hooghan — US Senate
• Persian: سنا (senâ) — US Senate
• Persian: مجلس سنا (majles-e senâ) — US Senate
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — US Senate
• Finnish: senaatti — US state senate
• Finnish: osavaltion senaatti — US state senate
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi) — US state senate
• Georgian: საშტატო სენატი (sašṭaṭo senaṭi) — US state senate
• Georgian: შტატის სენატი (šṭaṭis senaṭi) — US state senate
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — US state senate
• Afrikaans: senaat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Albanian: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Arabic: مَجْلِس الشُّيُوخ (majlis aš-šuyūḵ) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Armenian: սենատ (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Azerbaijani: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Basque: senatu — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Belarusian: сена́т (sjenát) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Bulgarian: сена́т (senát) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Burmese: အထက်လွှတ်တော် (a.htakhlwattau) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Burmese: ဆီနိတ် (hcinit) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Catalan: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Chinese Mandarin: 參議院 /参议院 (cānyìyuàn) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Czech: senát — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Danish: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Dutch: senaat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Esperanto: senato — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Estonian: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Finnish: senaatti — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• French: sénat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• German: Senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Greek: γερουσία (gerousía) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Haitian Creole: sena — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Hebrew: סֶנָאט (senát) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Hindi: सीनेट (sīneṭ) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Hungarian: szenátus — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Icelandic: öldungadeild — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Igbo: senēètì — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Indonesian: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Interlingua: senato — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Irish: seanad — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Italian: senato — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Japanese: 上院 (jōin) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Japanese: 元老院 (genrōin) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Kazakh: сенат (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Khmer: ព្រឹទ្ធសភា (prɨtsaʼphiə) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Korean: 상원 (sang'won) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Korean: 원로원 (wollowon) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Kyrgyz: сенат (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Lao: ວຸດທິສະພາ (wut thi sa phā) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Latin: senātus — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Latvian: senāts — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Lithuanian: senatas — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Macedonian: сенат (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Malay: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Mongolian: сенат (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Mongolian: ᠰᠧᠨᠠᠲ᠋ (sēnat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Norwegian Bokmål: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Iranian Persian: سِنا (senâ) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Polish: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Portuguese: senado — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Russian: сена́т (senát) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Serbo-Croatian: сѐна̄т — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Serbo-Croatian: sènāt — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Slovak: senát — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Slovene: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Sotho: senate — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Spanish: senado — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Swahili: seneti — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Swedish: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Tajik: сенат (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Thai: วุฒิสภา (wút-tí-sà-paa) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Turkish: senato — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Turkmen: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Ukrainian: сена́т (senát) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Urdu: سِینیٹ (sīneṭ) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Uzbek: senat — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Vietnamese: thượng nghị viện — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Welsh: senedd — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Yiddish: סענאַט (senat) — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Yoruba: ilé aṣòfin-agba — the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems
• Latin: senātus — a group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors
• Māori: kāhui hanga ture — a group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors
• Yoruba: sẹ́néètì — a group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors