conference

Wikipedia

See also conférence

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnfəɹəns/, SAMPA: /"kQnf@r@ns/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkɑːnfəɹəns/, 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 (arz) (mu'tamar) m. Bulgarian: конференция (bg) (konferéncija) f., конгрес (bg) (kongres) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 會議 (zh), 会议 (zh) (huìyì) Croatian: konferèncija (hr) f., sjȅdnica (hr) f. Czech: konference f. (science) Danish: konference (da) c. Dutch: conferentie (nl) f. Esperanto: konferenco (eo) Faroese: ráðstevna (fo) f. Finnish: konferenssi (fi) French: conférence (fr) f. 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: کۆنفرانس (ku) Latin: colloquium (la) Manx: co-whaiyl (gv) f. Persian: کنفرانس (fa) (konferâns) Polish: konferencja (pl) f. Portuguese: conferência (pt) f. Russian: конференция (ru) (konferéncija) f. Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail (gd) f. Serbian: sednica (sr) f. Sotho: seboka (st) Spanish: conferencia (es) f. Swedish: konferens Vietnamese: hội nghị (vi) (會議 (vi))

See also

• discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.