congress

See also: Congress

English

Etymology

From Latin congressum, the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (noun:)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɹɨs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/

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• (verb:)
  • IPA^(key): /kənˈɡɹɛs/, /kəŋˈɡɹɛs/

Noun

congress (plural congresses)

1. (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069:, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:

     After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.

2. A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
3. (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
4. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

   The National Congress of American Indians

5. Coitus; sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament
• (association) federation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• congress gaiter, congress shoe
• congressional, congressionally

• congressman
• Congress Party

Translations

legislative body

• Arabic: (US Congress) كُونْجْرِس‎ m (kungris)
• Bulgarian: конгрес (bg) m (kongres)
• Catalan: congrés m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代表大會, 代表大会 (dàibiǎo dàhuì), 國會 (zh), 国会 (zh) (guóhuì)

• Czech: kongres m
• Finnish: kongressi (fi), eduskunta (fi)
• French: congrès (fr) m
• Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi)
• German: Kongress (de) m
• Greek: * κογκρέσο (el) n (kogkréso)
• Hausa: majalisa (ha)
• Hungarian: kongresszus (hu)

• Icelandic: þing (is) n
• Japanese: 議会 (ja) (ぎかい, gikai), 国会 (ja) (こっかい, kokkai)
• Korean: 의회 (ko) (議會, uihoe)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: kongre (ku)

  Sorani: کۆنگرا‎

• Portuguese: congresso (pt) m
• Russian: конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss)
• Serbo-Croatian: kongres (sh) m
• Swedish: kongress (sv) c
• Tagalog: Kongreso (tl)
• Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi)
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס‎ m (kongres)

conference

• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر‎ m (muʾtamar), اِجْتِمَاع‎ (ar) m (ijtimāʿ)
• Bulgarian: конгрес (bg) m (kongres), конференция (bg) f (konferencija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大會 (zh), 大会 (zh) (dàhuì)

• Czech: kongres m
• Dutch: congres (nl) n, conferentie (nl)
• Finnish: kongressi (fi)
• French: congrès (fr) m
• Georgian: ყრილობა (q̇riloba), კონგრესი (ḳongresi)
• German: Kongress (de) m
• Hebrew: כֶּנֶס‎ (he) m (kénes)
• Hungarian: kongresszus (hu)
• Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi)

• Korean: 대회 (ko) (大會, daehoe)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: kongre (ku)

  Sorani: کۆنگرا‎

• Portuguese: congresso (pt) m
• Romanian: congres (ro) n
• Russian: конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss), съезд (ru) m (sʺjezd)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail f
• Serbo-Croatian: kongres (sh) m
• Swedish: kongress (sv) c
• Tagalog: kongreso (tl)
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס‎ m (kongres)

association

• Finnish: liitto (fi), keskusliitto
• Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi)

• Korean: 협의회 (協議會, hyeobuihoe), 연합회 (聯合會, yeonhaphoe)
• Romanian: congres (ro) n, partid (ro) n

sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kongress m

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} kongres m

Verb

congress (third-person singular simple present congresses, present participle congressing, simple past and past participle congressed)

1. (intransitive) To assemble together.
2. To meet in a congress.