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:)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɹɨs/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋˌɡɹɛs/

  • Audio (US):

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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.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, 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 (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: конгрес m (kongres)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kongress (no) m

  Nynorsk: kongress m

• 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
• Spanish: congreso (es) m
• Swedish: kongress (sv) c
• Tagalog: kongreso (tl), batasang-bansa
• Ukrainian: конгре́с (uk) m (konhrés)
• Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi)
• Yiddish: קאָנגרעס m (kongres)
• Zulu: ukhongolose class 1a/2a

conference

• Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر m (muʔtamar), اِجْتِمَاع (ar) m (ijtimāʕ)
• Azerbaijani: qurultay (az)
• Basque: batzar
• Belarusian: з'езд m (zʺjezd)
• Bulgarian: конгре́с (bg) m (kongrés), конфере́нция (bg) f (konferéncija)
• Catalan: congrés (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大會／大会 (zh) (dàhuì), 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:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kongress (no) m

  Nynorsk: kongress m

• 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
• Spanish: congreso (es) 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: congres (ro) n, partid (ro) n
• Ukrainian: конґрес m (kongres)

sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse

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Translations to be checked

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

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