convention

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Recorded since about 1440, borrowed from Middle French convention, from Latin conventiō (“meeting, assembling; agreement, convention”), from conveniō (“come, gather or meet together, assemble”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”). Equivalent to convene + -tion.

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kuvend — meeting or a gathering
• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر (muʔtamar) — meeting or a gathering
• Azerbaijani: qurultay — meeting or a gathering
• Bulgarian: събра́ние (sǎbránie) — meeting or a gathering
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (kongrés) — meeting or a gathering
• Catalan: convenció — meeting or a gathering
• Cebuano: kombensyon — meeting or a gathering
• Chinese Mandarin: 會議 /会议 (huìyì) — meeting or a gathering
• Chinese Mandarin: 大會 /大会 (dàhuì) — meeting or a gathering
• Czech: sjezd — meeting or a gathering
• Danish: konvent — meeting or a gathering
• Danish: konference — meeting or a gathering
• Danish: møde — meeting or a gathering
• Dutch: bijeenkomst — meeting or a gathering
• Esperanto: kongreso — meeting or a gathering
• Finnish: kokoontuminen — meeting or a gathering
• Finnish: kokous — meeting or a gathering
• French: convention — meeting or a gathering
• Galician: convención — meeting or a gathering
• German: Kongress — meeting or a gathering
• German: Versammlung — meeting or a gathering
• German: Tagung — meeting or a gathering
• Ancient Greek: σύλλογος (súllogos) — meeting or a gathering
• Hebrew: כֶּנֶס (kénes) — meeting or a gathering
• Italian: convenzione — meeting or a gathering
• Japanese: 大会 (taikai) — meeting or a gathering
• Korean: 대회 (daehoe) — meeting or a gathering
• Malay: konvensyen — meeting or a gathering
• Navajo: ntsaago áłah aleeh — meeting or a gathering
• Norwegian Bokmål: stevne — meeting or a gathering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stemne — meeting or a gathering
• Iranian Persian: اِجْلاس (ejlâs) — meeting or a gathering
• Iranian Persian: جَلَسِه (jalase) — meeting or a gathering
• Iranian Persian: مَجْمَع (majma') — meeting or a gathering
• Plautdietsch: Vesaumlunk — meeting or a gathering
• Polish: zjazd — meeting or a gathering
• Polish: konwent — meeting or a gathering
• Portuguese: convenção — meeting or a gathering
• Romanian: convenție — meeting or a gathering
• Romanian: întrunire — meeting or a gathering
• Russian: съезд (sʺjezd) — meeting or a gathering
• Russian: собра́ние (sobránije) — meeting or a gathering
• Russian: конве́нт (konvént) — meeting or a gathering
• Russian: конгре́сс (kongréss) — meeting or a gathering
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail — meeting or a gathering
• Spanish: convención — meeting or a gathering
• Swedish: konvent — meeting or a gathering
• Swedish: konferens — meeting or a gathering
• Swedish: möte — meeting or a gathering
• Tagalog: pagpupulong — meeting or a gathering
• Tocharian B: sārri — meeting or a gathering
• Turkish: kongre — meeting or a gathering
• Turkish: kurultay — meeting or a gathering
• Turkish: toplantı — meeting or a gathering
• Cebuano: kombensyon — formal deliberative assembly
• Dutch: conventie — formal deliberative assembly
• Esperanto: konvencio — formal deliberative assembly
• Finnish: edustajakokous — formal deliberative assembly
• Arabic: مُعَاهَدَة (muʕāhada) — agreement, contract or pact
• Arabic: تَوَافُق (tawāfuq) — agreement, contract or pact
• Belarusian: канве́нцыя (kanvjéncyja) — agreement, contract or pact
• Belarusian: канвэ́нцыя (kanvéncyja) — agreement, contract or pact
• Bulgarian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — agreement, contract or pact
• Cebuano: kombensyon — agreement, contract or pact
• Chinese Mandarin: 協議 /协议 (xiéyì) — agreement, contract or pact
• Dutch: conventie — agreement, contract or pact
• Dutch: overeenkomst — agreement, contract or pact
• Finnish: sopimus — agreement, contract or pact
• French: convention — agreement, contract or pact
• German: Abkommen — agreement, contract or pact
• German: Vereinbarung — agreement, contract or pact
• Greek: σύμβαση (sýmvasi) — agreement, contract or pact
• Ancient Greek: συνθήκη (sunthḗkē) — agreement, contract or pact
• Japanese: 協約 (kyōyaku) — agreement, contract or pact
• Korean: 협약 (hyeobyak) — agreement, contract or pact
• Norwegian Bokmål: konvensjon — agreement, contract or pact
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konvensjon — agreement, contract or pact
• Iranian Persian: قَرارْداد (ġarârdâd) — agreement, contract or pact
• Iranian Persian: پِیْمان (peymân) — agreement, contract or pact
• Iranian Persian: تَوافُق (tavâfoġ) — agreement, contract or pact
• Polish: konwencja — agreement, contract or pact
• Portuguese: convenção — agreement, contract or pact
• Romanian: convenție — agreement, contract or pact
• Russian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — agreement, contract or pact
• Spanish: convenio — agreement, contract or pact
• Swedish: konvention — agreement, contract or pact
• Swedish: fördrag — agreement, contract or pact
• Swedish: avtal — agreement, contract or pact
• Turkish: antlaşma — agreement, contract or pact
• Ukrainian: конве́нція (konvéncija) — agreement, contract or pact
• Arabic: عُرْف (ʕurf) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Bulgarian: споразуме́ние (sporazuménie) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Bulgarian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Cebuano: kombensyon — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Chinese Mandarin: 慣例 /惯例 (guànlì) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Chinese Mandarin: 習俗 /习俗 (xísú) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Chinese Mandarin: 慣習 /惯习 (guànxí) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Czech: konvence — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Dutch: conventie — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Dutch: vaste praktijk — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Esperanto: konvencio — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Finnish: käytäntö — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Finnish: konventio — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• French: convention — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• German: Brauch — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• German: Konvention — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• German: Sitte — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Greek: σύμβαση (sýmvasi) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Hebrew: אֲמָנָה (amaná) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Hebrew: מוסכמה (muskamá) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Hebrew: שיטה רשמית (shitá rishmít) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Hindi: रूढ़ि (rūṛhi) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Hungarian: konvenció — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Japanese: 慣習 (kanshū) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Japanese: 慣例 (kanrei) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Korean: 관습 (gwanseup) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Korean: 관례 (gwallye) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Norwegian Bokmål: konvensjon — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konvensjon — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Iranian Persian: عُرْف (orf) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Polish: konwencja — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Portuguese: convenção — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Romanian: convenție — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Russian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Russian: догово́р (dogovór) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Russian: соглаше́ние (soglašénije) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Russian: усло́вность (uslóvnostʹ) — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Spanish: costumbre — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Spanish: convención — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Swedish: konvention — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Swedish: sedvana — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Turkish: âdet — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Turkish: gelenek — generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
• Arabic: مُعَاهَدَة (muʕāhada) — treaty
• Arabic: مُقَاوَلَة (muqāwala) — treaty
• Belarusian: канве́нцыя (kanvjéncyja) — treaty
• Belarusian: канвэ́нцыя (kanvéncyja) — treaty
• Bulgarian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — treaty
• Cebuano: kombensyon — treaty
• Chinese Mandarin: 公約 /公约 (gōngyuē) — treaty
• Chinese Mandarin: 條約 /条约 (tiáoyuē) — treaty
• Czech: úmluva — treaty
• Czech: konvence — treaty
• Dutch: conventie — treaty
• Finnish: sopimus — treaty
• German: Abkommen — treaty
• German: Konvention — treaty
• Japanese: 条約 (jōyaku) — treaty
• Khmer: អនុសញ្ញា (ʼaʼnusaññaa) — treaty
• Korean: 조약 (joyak) — treaty
• Lao: ອະນຸສັນຍາ (ʼa nu san nyā) — treaty
• Norwegian Bokmål: konvensjon — treaty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konvensjon — treaty
• Iranian Persian: مُعاهَدِه (mo'âhade) — treaty
• Iranian Persian: پِیْمان (peymân) — treaty
• Iranian Persian: مُقاوَلِه (moġâvale) — treaty
• Portuguese: convenção — treaty
• Portuguese: tratado — treaty
• Romanian: tratat — treaty
• Romanian: convenție — treaty
• Russian: конве́нция (konvéncija) — treaty
• Spanish: tratado — treaty
• Spanish: convención — treaty
• Swedish: konvention — treaty
• Swedish: fördrag — treaty
• Swedish: avtal — treaty
• Thai: อนุสัญญา (à-nú-sǎn-yaa) — treaty
• Turkish: antlaşma — treaty
• Ukrainian: конве́нція (konvéncija) — treaty
• Urdu: مُعاہَدَہ (mu'āhada) — treaty
• Urdu: پَیمان (paimān) — treaty
• Urdu: عَہْد نامَہ ('ahd nāma) — treaty