tricameralism

tri·cam·er·al·ism
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noun

The practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers.

OriginEnglish tricameral ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin camera →
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Meanings

nountricameralism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentThe practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  8. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  9. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  10. Latincamera
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishtricameral
  14. Englishtricameralism

From tricameral + -ism.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 三院制
  • 三院制 (Sānyuànzhì)tricameralism
Czech trikameralismus, trojkomorovost
  • trikameralismustricameralism
  • trojkomorovosttricameralism
Danish trekammersystem
  • trekammersystemtricameralism
Dutch driekamerstelsel
  • driekamerstelseltricameralism
Finnish kolmikamarinen järjestelmä
  • kolmikamarinen järjestelmätricameralism
French parlement tricaméral
  • parlement tricaméraltricameralism
German Dreikammersystem, Drei-Kammer-System
  • Dreikammersystemtricameralism
  • Drei-Kammer-Systemtricameralism
  • Trikameralismustricameralism
Italian tricameralismo
  • tricameralismotricameralism
Korean 삼원제
  • 삼원제 (samwonje)tricameralism
Norwegian Bokmål trekammersystem
  • trekammersystemtricameralism
Polish trikameralizm
  • trikameralizmtricameralism
Portuguese tricameralismo
  • tricameralismotricameralism
Russian трёхпалатный парла́мент, трикамерали́зм
  • трёхпалатный парла́мент (trjóxpalatnyj parláment)tricameralism
  • трикамерали́зм (trikameralízm)tricameralism
  • трёхпалатная систе́ма (trjóxpalatnaja sistéma)tricameralism
Spanish tricameralidad
  • tricameralidadtricameralism
Swedish trekammarsystem
  • trekammarsystemtricameralism
Thai ระบบสามสภา
  • ระบบสามสภา (rabb s̄ām s̄p̣hā)tricameralism
Cite this entry
APA

tricameralism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricameralism

MLA

“tricameralism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricameralism. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tricameralism,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricameralism.

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