congressional

See also: Congressional

English

Etymology

From congression +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

congressional (comparative more congressional, superlative most congressional)

1. (politics) Of or relating to a congress.
   • 2022 October 4, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, “Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday.

Derived terms

• congressional delegation
• congressional district
• congressional fellow
• congressionally
• precongressional
• uncongressional

Translations

of or relating to a congress

• Georgian: საკონგრესო (saḳongreso)
• Portuguese: congressional m or f
• Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi)

Portuguese

Etymology

From congresso +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɡɾe.si.oˈnaw/ [kõ.ɡɾe.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ɡɾe.sjoˈnaw/ [kõ.ɡɾe.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnal/ [kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnal/ [kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈna.li/

• Hyphenation: con‧gres‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

congressional m or f (plural congressionais)

1. (politics) congressional (of or relating to a congress)

   Synonym: congressual

Derived terms

• congressionalidade
• congressionalmente

Further reading

• “congressional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “congressional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “congressional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “congressional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026