congress

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• General-American: /ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/
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• General-American: /-ɹɛs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/
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• /kənˈɡɹɛs/
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From congress.

From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“to go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“to go, step”). The verb is from the noun. Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, omitting several steps, from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference.

182 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اَلْكُونْغْرِس (al-kunḡris) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Chinese Mandarin: 國會 /国会 (guóhuì) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Finnish: kongressi — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• French: Congrès — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• German: Kongress — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• German: Kongreß — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Japanese: 議会 (gikai) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Japanese: コングレス (konguresu) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Korean: 미 의회 (Mi uihoe) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Malay: Kongres — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Navajo: Wááshindoondi beehazʼáanii ádeiłʼínígíí — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Persian: کنگره آمریکا (kongere-ye âmrikâ) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Persian: کنگره (kongere) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Polish: Kongres — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Russian: Конгре́сс (Kongréss) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Russian: конгре́сс (kongréss) — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Spanish: Congreso — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Tagalog: Kongreso — the two legislative bodies of the USA
• Chinese Mandarin: 國大黨 /国大党 (Guódàdǎng) — clipping of Indian National Congress
• Albanian: kongres — legislative body
• Amharic: ምክር ቤት (məkr bet) — legislative body
• Arabic: كُونْجْرِس (kōngris, kungris) — legislative body
• Arabic: كُونْغْرِس (kunḡris) — legislative body
• Arabic: كُونْقْرِس (kōngris) — legislative body
• Armenian: կոնգրես (kongres) — legislative body
• Azerbaijani: konqres — legislative body
• Belarusian: кангрэ́с m з'е́зд (kanhrés) — legislative body
• Bengali: কংগ্রেস (koṅgres) — legislative body
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (kongrés) — legislative body
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂရက် (kwan-ga.rak) — legislative body
• Catalan: congrés — legislative body
• Chinese Mandarin: 代表大會 /代表大会 (dàibiǎo dàhuì) — legislative body
• Chinese Mandarin: 國會 /国会 (guóhuì) — legislative body
• Czech: kongres — legislative body
• Danish: kongres — legislative body
• Dutch: congres — legislative body
• Estonian: kongress — legislative body
• Finnish: kongressi — legislative body
• Finnish: eduskunta — legislative body
• French: congrès — legislative body
• Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi) — legislative body
• German: Kongress — legislative body
• Greek: κογκρέσο (kogkréso) — legislative body
• Hausa: majalisa — legislative body
• Hebrew: קוֹנְגְּרֶס (kongrés) — legislative body
• Hindi: कांग्रेस (kāṅgres) — legislative body
• Hungarian: kongresszus — legislative body
• Icelandic: þing — legislative body
• Indonesian: kongres — legislative body
• Irish: comhdháil — legislative body
• Italian: congresso — legislative body
• Japanese: 議会 (gikai) — legislative body
• Japanese: 国会 (kokkai) — legislative body
• Kazakh: конгресс (koñress) — legislative body
• Kazakh: құрылтай (qūryltai) — legislative body
• Kazakh: съезд (sezd) — legislative body
• Khmer: រដ្ឋសភា (rŏətthaʼsaʼphiə) — legislative body
• Korean: 의회 (uihoe) — legislative body
• Central Kurdish: کۆنگرا (kongra) — legislative body
• Northern Kurdish: kongre — legislative body
• Kyrgyz: конгресс (kongress) — legislative body
• Kyrgyz: съезд (syezd) — legislative body
• Lao: ລັດຖະສະພາ (lat tha sa phā) — legislative body
• Lao: ຣັຖສະພາ (rat sa phā) — legislative body
• Latvian: kongress — legislative body
• Lithuanian: kongresas — legislative body
• Macedonian: конгрес (kongres) — legislative body
• Malay: kongres — legislative body
• Norwegian Bokmål: kongress — legislative body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kongress — legislative body
• Pashto: کانګرس (kāngres) — legislative body
• Dari: کَانْگْرِس (kāngris) — legislative body
• Iranian Persian: کُنْگْرِه (kongre) — legislative body
• Polish: kongres — legislative body
• Portuguese: congresso — legislative body
• Romanian: congres — legislative body
• Russian: конгре́сс (kongréss) — legislative body
• Russian: съе́зд (sʺjézd) — legislative body
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀нгрес — legislative body
• Serbo-Croatian: kòngres — legislative body
• Slovak: kongres — legislative body
• Slovene: kongres — legislative body
• Spanish: congreso — legislative body
• Swahili: kongresi — legislative body
• Swedish: kongress — legislative body
• Tagalog: kongreso — legislative body
• Tagalog: batasang-bansa — legislative body
• Tajik: конгресс (kongress) — legislative body
• Tajik: съезд (s'ezd) — legislative body
• Thai: รัฐสภา (rát-tà-sà-paa) — legislative body
• Turkish: kongre — legislative body
• Turkmen: kongress — legislative body
• Ukrainian: конгре́с (konhrés) — legislative body
• Ukrainian: конґре́с (kongrés) — legislative body
• Ukrainian: з'їзд (zʺjizd) — legislative body
• Urdu: کان٘گْریس (kāṅgres) — legislative body
• Uzbek: kongress — legislative body
• Vietnamese: quốc hội — legislative body
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס (kongres) — legislative body
• Zulu: ukhongolose class 1a/2a — legislative body
• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر (muʔtamar) — conference
• Arabic: اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ) — conference
• Armenian: համագումար (hamagumar) — conference
• Armenian: կոնգրես (kongres) — conference
• Azerbaijani: qurultay — conference
• Basque: batzar — conference
• Belarusian: з'езд (zʺjezd) — conference
• Belarusian: кангрэ́с (kanhrés) — conference
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (kongrés) — conference
• Bulgarian: конфере́нция (konferéncija) — conference
• Burmese: ကွန်ဂရက် (kwan-ga.rak) — conference
• Catalan: congrés — conference
• Chinese Mandarin: 大會 /大会 (dàhuì) — conference
• Czech: kongres — conference
• Czech: sjezd — conference
• Dutch: congres — conference
• Dutch: conferentie — conference
• Esperanto: kongreso — conference
• Finnish: kongressi — conference
• French: congrès — conference
• Georgian: ყრილობა (q̇riloba) — conference
• Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi) — conference
• German: Kongress — conference
• German: Tagung — conference
• Greek: συνέδριο (synédrio) — conference
• Hebrew: כֶּנֶס (kénes) — conference
• Hungarian: kongresszus — conference
• Japanese: 会議 (kaigi) — conference
• Kazakh: құрылтай (qūryltai) — conference
• Korean: 대회 (daehoe) — conference
• Korean: 회의 (hoe'ui) — conference
• Central Kurdish: کۆنگرا (kongra) — conference
• Northern Kurdish: kongre — conference
• Macedonian: конгрес (kongres) — conference
• Mongolian: их хурал (ix xural) — conference
• Mongolian: хурал (xural) — conference
• Norwegian Bokmål: kongress — conference
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kongress — conference
• Pashto: کنفرانس (kanfarāns) — conference
• Iranian Persian: کُنْفِرانْس (konferâns) — conference
• Iranian Persian: هَمایِش (hamâyeš) — conference
• Polish: kongres — conference
• Portuguese: congresso — conference
• Romanian: congres — conference
• Russian: конгре́сс (kongréss) — conference
• Russian: съезд (sʺjezd) — conference
• Russian: конфере́нция (konferéncija) — conference
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail — conference
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀нгрес — conference
• Serbo-Croatian: kòngres — conference
• Slovak: zjazd — conference
• Slovak: kongres — conference
• Slovene: kongres — conference
• Spanish: congreso — conference
• Swedish: kongress — conference
• Tagalog: kongreso — conference
• Tajik: ҳамоиш (hamoyiš) — conference
• Tajik: конфронс (konfrons) — conference
• Tajik: конференсия (konferensiya) — conference
• Tatar: корылтай (qorıltay) — conference
• Turkish: konferans — conference
• Turkmen: gurultaý — conference
• Ukrainian: конгре́с (konhrés) — conference
• Ukrainian: конґре́с (kongrés) — conference
• Ukrainian: з'їзд (zʺjizd) — conference
• Uzbek: qurultoy — conference
• Uzbek: syezd — conference
• Vietnamese: đại hội — conference
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס (kongres) — conference
• Belarusian: кангрэ́с (kanhrés) — association
• Finnish: liitto — association
• Finnish: keskusliitto — association
• Japanese: 会議 (kaigi) — association
• Korean: 협의회 (hyeobuihoe) — association
• Korean: 연합회 (yeonhaphoe) — association
• Korean: 련합회 (ryeonhaphoe) — association
• Polish: kongres — association
• Romanian: congres — association
• Romanian: partid — association
• Russian: конгре́сс (kongréss) — association
• Ukrainian: конґре́с (kongrés) — association