Phrase guide

upper house

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government

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History

Etymology

From upper + house.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَجْلِس عُلْوِيّ (majlis ʕulwiyy) — part of a legislature
  • Belarusian: ве́рхняя пала́та (vjérxnjaja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Bulgarian: го́рна ка́мара (górna kámara) — part of a legislature
  • Burmese: အထက်လွှတ်တော် (a.htakhlwattau) — part of a legislature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元老院 (yuánlǎoyuàn) — part of a legislature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上院 (shàngyuàn) — part of a legislature
  • Czech: horní sněmovna — part of a legislature
  • Danish: overhus — part of a legislature
  • Finnish: ylähuone — part of a legislature
  • French: chambre haute — part of a legislature
  • Georgian: ზედა პალატა (zeda ṗalaṭa) — part of a legislature
  • Georgian: ზემო პალატა (zemo ṗalaṭa) — part of a legislature
  • German: Oberhaus — part of a legislature
  • Greek: άνω βουλή (áno voulí) — part of a legislature
  • Hindi: उच्च सदन (ucc sadan) — part of a legislature
  • Hungarian: felsőház — part of a legislature
  • Icelandic: efri deild — part of a legislature
  • Italian: camera alta — part of a legislature
  • Japanese: 上院 (jōin) — part of a legislature
  • Korean: 상원 (sang'won) — part of a legislature
  • Māori: Whare o Runga — part of a legislature
  • Navajo: adeií hooghan — part of a legislature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overhus — part of a legislature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overhus — part of a legislature
  • Polish: izba wyższa — part of a legislature
  • Portuguese: câmara alta — part of a legislature
  • Romanian: cameră superioară — part of a legislature
  • Russian: ве́рхняя пала́та (vérxnjaja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Spanish: cámara alta — part of a legislature
  • Swedish: överhus — part of a legislature
  • Tagalog: mataas na kapulungan — part of a legislature
  • Thai: สภาสูง (sà-paa-sǔung) — part of a legislature
  • Ukrainian: ве́рхня пала́та (vérxnja paláta) — part of a legislature
  • Vietnamese: thượng viện — part of a legislature