conference

See also conférence

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnfəɹəns/, X-SAMPA: /"kQnf@r@ns/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkɑːnfəɹəns/, X-SAMPA: /"kA:nf@r@ns/

Noun

conference (plural conferences)

1. (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
2. (sciences) A formalized event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
3. (business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue -- like a new product, market trend or government regulation -- with a range of speakers.
4. (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.

Derived terms

• conference table
• news conference
• press conference
• conference room

Translations

a meeting of people

• Afrikaans: konferensie (af)
• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر (ar) (mu'tamar) m

  Egyptian Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر (mu'tamar) m

• Bulgarian: конференция (bg) (konferéncija) f, конгрес (bg) (kongres) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會議 (cmn), 会议 (cmn) (huìyì)

• Czech: konference (cs) f (science)
• Danish: konference (da) c
• Dutch: conferentie (nl) f
• Esperanto: konferenco (eo)
• Faroese: ráðstevna (fo) f
• Finnish: konferenssi (fi)
• French: conférence (fr) f
• Georgian: კონფერენცია (ka) (konp'erenc'ia)
• German: Konferenz (de) f
• Greek: συνέδριο (el) (synédrio) n, συνδιάσκεψη (el) (syndiáskepsi) f, σύσκεψη (el) (sýskepsi) f
• Hebrew: ועידה (he) (ve'ida) f
• Hungarian: konferencia (hu)

• Irish: comhdháil (ga) f
• Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi)
• Khmer: សន្និសីទ (km) (son ni sit)
• Korean: 회의 (ko) (hoe-ui) (會議 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆنفرانس (ku)

• Latin: colloquium (la)
• Manx: co-whaiyl (gv) f
• Persian: کنفرانس (fa) (konferâns)
• Polish: konferencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: conferência (pt) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: конференция (ru) (konferéncija) f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:

  Roman: konferèncija (sh) f, sjȅdnica (sh) f, sednica (sh) f

• Sotho: seboka (st)
• Spanish: conferencia (es) f
• Swedish: konferens (sv)
• Turkish: konferans (tr), konuştay (tr)
• Vietnamese: hội nghị (vi) (會議 (vi))

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See also

• discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.