adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/juːniːˈkaməɹəl/
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General-American:/junɪˈkæməɹəl/
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, or having, a single legislative chamber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: bicameral, tricameral
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a script or typeface: making no distinction between upper and lower case, but rather having only one case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
composed of one legislative body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: bicameral
History
Etymology
From uni- + cameral.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
birpalatalı
— having a single legislative chamber
Bulgarian:
еднокамарен
(ednokamaren)
— having a single legislative chamber
Catalan:
unicameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Catalan:
monocameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Chinese Mandarin:
一院制的
(yīyuànzhì de)
— having a single legislative chamber
Czech:
jednokomorový
— having a single legislative chamber
Dutch:
eenkamerig
— having a single legislative chamber
Dutch:
unicameraal
— having a single legislative chamber
Dutch:
monocameraal
— having a single legislative chamber
Finnish:
yksikamarinen
— having a single legislative chamber
French:
unicaméral
— having a single legislative chamber
French:
monocaméral
— having a single legislative chamber
Galician:
unicameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Galician:
monocameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Georgian:
ერთპალატიანი
(ertṗalaṭiani)
— having a single legislative chamber
German:
Einkammer
— having a single legislative chamber
Icelandic:
með einni deild
— having a single legislative chamber
Indonesian:
unikameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Italian:
unicamerale
— having a single legislative chamber
Italian:
monocamerale
— having a single legislative chamber
Polish:
jednoizbowy
— having a single legislative chamber
Polish:
unikameralny
— having a single legislative chamber
Portuguese:
unicameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Portuguese:
unicamaral
— having a single legislative chamber
Romanian:
unicameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Russian:
однопала́тный
(odnopalátnyj)
— having a single legislative chamber
Spanish:
unicameral
— having a single legislative chamber
Swedish:
enkammar-
— having a single legislative chamber
Ukrainian:
однопала́тний
(odnopalátnyj)
— having a single legislative chamber
