parliamentarian
/ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/noun, adjective
parliamentarian is spelled P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-I-A-N: 15 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, parliamentarian means “A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of parliamentarian is parliamentarians.
How many letters and syllables are in parliamentarian?
| Letters | 15: P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is parliamentarian?
Parliamentarian appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce parliamentarian?
- UK /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛəɹiən/
- UK /ˌpɑːləmənˈtɛːɹiən/
- US /ˌpɑɹləmənˈtɛɹiən/
Parliamentarian has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-parliamentarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parliamentarian?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parliamentarian from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹiən/):
- humanitarian
- Bulgarian
- vegetarian
- authoritarian
- ovarian
- sectarian
- totalitarian
- veterinarian
- bavarian
- egalitarian
- unitarian
- antiquarian
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of parliamentarian
- parliamentarians plural
- more parliamentarian comparative
- most parliamentarian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parliamentarian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CommonwealthA member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
- 2
A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.
- 3
USAn officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
a parliamentarian democracy; the parliamentarian movement
- 2
Of or relating to the Parliamentarians (supporters of the parliament during the English Civil War (1642–1651)).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of parliamentarian, particularly
- 2
A supporter of the English Parliament during the English Civil War.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Parliamentarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of parliament:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parlementaire |
| German | Parlamentarier, Parlamentarierin |
| Portuguese | parlamentar |
| Spanish | parlamentario, parlamentaria |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.