English Explanatory Dictionary

senate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
  2. A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
  3. In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.
name
  1. Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
  2. The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
  3. The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
  4. The United States Senate.
  5. The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
  6. The upper house of the Philippine Congress.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛnɪt/ /ˈsɛnət/ /ˈsenət/ en-us-senate.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Senate.wav

Word forms

senate senates

Etymology

From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).

Related words

senator senatorial senatus senescent senile senior House House of Commons House of Representatives Lower House National Assembly Upper House

Derived words

nonsenate senate-house Senate bean soup Senatical

Translations

Arabic: مَجْلِس Arabic: مَجْلِس أَعْلَى Arabic: مَجْلِس اَلشُّيُوخ اَلرُّومَانِيّ Chinese Mandarin: 參議院 /参议院 Chinese Mandarin: 議院 /议院 Chinese Mandarin: 議會 /议会 Chinese Mandarin: 元老院 Chinese Mandarin: 上議院 /上议院 Dutch: senaat Finnish: senaatti French: Sénat Georgian: სენატი German: Senat Greek: γερουσία Greek: σύγκλητος Hebrew: סנאט Japanese: 上院 Japanese: 議院 Japanese: 議会 Japanese: 参議院 Japanese: 元老院 Korean: 상원 Korean: 원로원 Portuguese: senado Russian: сена́т Spanish: senado Armenian: ծերակույտ Ancient Greek: σύγκλητος Italian: Senato Polish: Senat Chinese Cantonese: 參議院 /参议院 Chinese Cantonese: 上議院 /上议院
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