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tricameralism

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: government

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *kh2em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin camera English -al English tricameral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tricameralism From tricameral + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 三院制 (Sānyuànzhì) — tricameralism
  • Czech: trikameralismus — tricameralism
  • Czech: trojkomorovost — tricameralism
  • Danish: trekammersystem — tricameralism
  • Dutch: driekamerstelsel — tricameralism
  • Finnish: kolmikamarinen järjestelmä — tricameralism
  • French: parlement tricaméral — tricameralism
  • German: Dreikammersystem — tricameralism
  • German: Drei-Kammer-System — tricameralism
  • German: Trikameralismus — tricameralism
  • Italian: tricameralismo — tricameralism
  • Korean: 삼원제 (samwonje) — tricameralism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trekammersystem — tricameralism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trekammersystem — tricameralism
  • Polish: trikameralizm — tricameralism
  • Portuguese: tricameralismo — tricameralism
  • Russian: трёхпалатный парла́мент (trjóxpalatnyj parláment) — tricameralism
  • Russian: трикамерали́зм (trikameralízm) — tricameralism
  • Russian: трёхпалатная систе́ма (trjóxpalatnaja sistéma) — tricameralism
  • Spanish: tricameralidad — tricameralism
  • Swedish: trekammarsystem — tricameralism
  • Thai: ระบบสามสภา (rabb s̄ām s̄p̣hā) — tricameralism