name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
conger
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /ˈkɑŋɡɚ/
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homophone: conga (non-rhotic)
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rhymes with -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AO1 NG ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conger eel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A chain of booksellers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conger eel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eel
History
Etymology
Unexplained.
From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).