Senate

See also: senate

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Senate (plural Senates)

1. Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
2. (historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
3. (Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
4. (US) The United States Senate.
5. (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
6. (Philippines) The upper house of the Philippine Congress.

Derived terms

• Senate bean soup
• Senatical

Translations

legislative body

• Arabic: مَجْلِس m (majlis), مَجْلِس أَعْلَى m (majlis ʔaʕlā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參議院 / 参议院 (zh) (cānyìyuàn), 議院 / 议院 (zh) (yìyuàn), 議會 / 议会 (zh) (yìhuì)

• Dutch: senaat (nl) m
• Finnish: senaatti (fi)
• French: Sénat (fr) m, sénat (fr) m
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi)
• German: Senat (de) m
• Greek: γερουσία (el) (gerousía)
• Hebrew: סנאט m (senát)
• Japanese: 上院 (ja) (じょういん, jōin), 議院 (ja) (ぎいん, giin), 議会 (ja) (ぎかい, gikai), (in Japan) 参議院 (ja) (さんぎいん, sangiin), 元老院 (ja) (げんろういん, genrōin)
• Korean: 상원(上院) (sang'won)
• Portuguese: senado (pt) m
• Russian: сена́т (ru) m (senát)
• Spanish: senado (es) m

Roman senate

• Arabic: مَجْلِس اَلشُّيُوخ اَلرُّومَانِيّ m (majlis aš-šuyūḵ ar-rūmāniyy)
• Armenian: ծերակույտ (hy) (cerakuyt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元老院 (zh) (yuánlǎoyuàn)

• Dutch: senaat (nl) m
• Finnish: senaatti (fi)
• French: Sénat (fr) m
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi)
• German: Senat (de) m
• Greek: σύγκλητος (el) (sýgklitos)

  Ancient Greek: σύγκλητος f (súnklētos)

• Italian: Senato m
• Japanese: 元老院 (ja) (げんろういん, genrōin)
• Korean: 원로원(元老院) (ko) (wollowon)
• Polish: Senat (pl) m
• Portuguese: senado (pt) m
• Russian: сена́т (ru) m (senát), Сена́т (ru) m (Senát)
• Spanish: Senado m

Canadian senate

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 參議院 / 参议院 (caam¹ ji⁵ jyun^6-2), 上議院 / 上议院 (soeng⁶ ji⁵ jyun^6-2)

  Mandarin: 參議院 / 参议院 (zh) (cānyìyuàn), 上議院 / 上议院 (zh) (shàngyìyuàn)

• Finnish: senaatti (fi)
• French: Sénat (fr) m
• Russian: сена́т (ru) m (senát)

US Senate

• Finnish: senaatti (fi), liittovaltion senaatti
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi), აშშ-ის სენატი (ašš-is senaṭi), ამერიკის სენატი (ameriḳis senaṭi), ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების სენატი (ameriḳis šeertebuli šṭaṭebis senaṭi)
• Hebrew: סנאט m (senát)
• Icelandic: Öldungadeild Bandaríkjaþings
• Korean: 미 상원(美上院) (mi sang'won)
• Navajo: adeií hooghan
• Persian: سنا (fa) (senâ), مجلس سنا (fa) (majles-e senâ)
• Russian: сена́т (ru) m (senát)

US state senate

• Finnish: senaatti (fi) (with the name of the state), osavaltion senaatti
• Georgian: სენატი (senaṭi), საშტატო სენატი (sašṭaṭo senaṭi), შტატის სენატი (šṭaṭis senaṭi)
• Russian: сена́т (ru) m (senát)

See also

• House
• House of Commons
• House of Representatives
• Lower House
• National Assembly
• Upper House

Anagrams

• Santee, atenes, enates, ensate, sateen, tenase

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːtə

Noun

Senate m

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Senat