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 (countable and uncountable, 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; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , 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), كُونْغْرِس‎‎ m (kunḡris)
• Armenian: կոնգրես (hy) (kongres)
• Belarusian: кангрэ́с m (kanhrés)
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (bg) m (kongrés)
• Catalan: congrés m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: kongres (cs) 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)
• Hindi: कांग्रेस (hi) f (kāṅgres)
• 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) (uihoe)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: kongre (ku)

  Sorani: کۆنگرا‎‎

• Macedonian: конгрес m (kongres)
• Polish: kongres (pl) m
• Portuguese: congresso (pt) m
• Romanian: congres (ro) n
• Russian: конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: конгрес m

  Roman: kongres (sh) m

• Slovak: kongres m
• Slovene: kongres (sl) m
• Swedish: kongress (sv) c
• Tagalog: kongreso (tl), batasang-bansa
• Ukrainian: конгре́с (uk) m (konhrés)
• Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi)
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס‎‎ m (kongres)

conference

• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر‎‎ m (muʾtamar), اِجْتِمَاع‎‎ (ar) m (ijtimāʿ)
• Basque: batzar
• Belarusian: з'езд m (zʺjezd)
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (bg) m (kongrés), конфере́нция (bg) f (konferéncija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大會 (zh), 大会 (zh) (dàhuì)

• Czech: kongres (cs) m, sjezd (cs) m
• Dutch: congres (nl) n, conferentie (nl)
• Finnish: kongressi (fi)
• French: congrès (fr) m
• Georgian: ყრილობა (q̇riloba), კონგრესი (ḳongresi)
• German: Kongress (de) m, Tagung (de) f
• Greek: συνέδριο (el) n (synédrio)
• Hebrew: כֶּנֶס‎‎ (he) m (kénes)
• Hungarian: kongresszus (hu)
• Japanese: 会議 (ja) (かいぎ, kaigi)
• Korean: 대회 (ko) (daehoe), 회의 (ko) (hoe-ui)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: kongre (ku)

  Sorani: کۆنگرا‎‎

• Polish: zjazd (pl) m
• Portuguese: congresso (pt) m
• Romanian: congres (ro) n
• Russian: конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss), съезд (ru) m (sʺjezd), конфере́нция (ru) f (konferéncija)
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdhail f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: конгрес m

  Roman: kongres (sh) m

• Slovak: zjazd m
• Swedish: kongress (sv) c
• Tagalog: kongreso (tl)
• Ukrainian: з'їзд (uk) m (zʺjizd)
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס‎‎ m (kongres)

association

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

• Korean: 협의회 (hyeobuihoe), 연합회 (yeonhaphoe)
• Romanian: congres (ro) n, partid (ro) n

sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse

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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kongress (no) 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.