Etymology
From Latin congress(um), the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.
Compare typologically coven, convent, convention, several steps omitting from con- + veniō, Russian сход (sxod), схо́дка (sxódka), akin to сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja), ходи́ть (xodítʹ). Also compare Czech sjezd, Russian съезд (sʺjezd), akin to съезжа́ться (sʺjezžátʹsja), е́здить (jézditʹ). Also compare conference.
Noun
congress (countable and uncountable, plural congresses)
- (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
- , 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.
- A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
- (often capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
- Synonyms: assembly, legislature, parliament
- An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
- Synonym: federation
The National Congress of American Indians
- (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexual intercourse
1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6):Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares.
1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.
- (countable, collective) A group of baboons; the collective noun for baboons.
1966, Philip José Farmer, “Riverworld”, in Down in the Black Gang and Others, Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, published 1971, page 79:[…] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.
- 2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133,
- Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
Translations
legislative body
- Albanian: kongres (sq) m
- Amharic: ምክር ቤት (məkr bet)
- Arabic: (US Congress) كُونْجْرِس m (kōngris, kungris), كُونْغْرِس m (kunḡris)
- Hijazi Arabic: كُونْقْرِس m (kōngris)
- Armenian: կոնգրես (hy) (kongres)
- Azerbaijani: konqres
- Belarusian: кангрэ́с m (kanhrés) з'е́зд m (zʺjézd)
- Bengali: কংগ্রেস (bn) (koṅgres)
- Bulgarian: конгре́с (bg) m (kongrés)
- Burmese: ကွန်ဂရက် (my) (kwan-ga.rak)
- Catalan: congrés (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 代表大會 / 代表大会 (dàibiǎo dàhuì), 國會 / 国会 (zh) (guóhuì)
- Czech: kongres (cs) m
- Danish: kongres (da) c
- Dutch: congres (nl) n
- Estonian: kongress
- Finnish: kongressi (fi), eduskunta (fi)
- French: congrès (fr) m
- Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi)
- German: Kongress (de) m
- Greek: κογκρέσο (el) n (kogkréso)
- Hausa: majalisa (ha)
- Hebrew: קוֹנְגְּרֶס m (kongrés)
- Hindi: कांग्रेस (hi) f (kāṅgres)
- Hungarian: kongresszus (hu)
- Icelandic: þing (is) n
- Indonesian: kongres (id)
- Irish: comhdháil f
- Italian: congresso (it) m
- Japanese: 議会 (ja) (ぎかい, gikai), 国会 (ja) (こっかい, kokkai)
- Kazakh: конгресс (koñress), құрылтай (qūryltai), съезд (sezd)
- Khmer: រដ្ឋសភា (km) (rŏətthaʼsaʼphiə)
- Korean: 의회(議會) (ko) (uihoe)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کۆنگرا (kongra)
- Northern Kurdish: kongre (ku)
- Kyrgyz: конгресс (ky) (kongress), съезд (ky) (syezd)
- Lao: ລັດຖະສະພາ (lat tha sa phā), ຣັຖສະພາ (rat sa phā)
- Latvian: kongress m
- Lithuanian: kongresas m
- Macedonian: конгрес m (kongres)
- Malay: kongres
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kongress (no) m
- Nynorsk: kongress m
- Pashto: کانګرس m (kāngres)
- Persian:
- Dari: کَانْگْرِس (kāngris)
- Iranian Persian: کُنْگْرِه (kongre)
- Polish: kongres (pl) m
- Portuguese: congresso (pt) m
- Romanian: congres (ro) n
- Russian: конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss), съе́зд (ru) m (sʺjézd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̀нгрес m
- Roman: kòngres (sh) m
- Slovak: kongres m
- Slovene: kongres (sl) m
- Spanish: congreso (es) m
- Swahili: kongresi
- Swedish: kongress (sv) c
- Tagalog: kongreso (tl), batasang-bansa
- Tajik: конгресс (kongress), съезд (s'ezd)
- Thai: รัฐสภา (th) (rát-tà-sà-paa)
- Turkish: kongre (tr)
- Turkmen: kongress
- Ukrainian: конгре́с (uk) m (konhrés), конґре́с m (kongrés), з'їзд (uk) m (zʺjizd)
- Urdu: کان٘گْریس f (kāṅgres)
- Uzbek: kongress (uz)
- Vietnamese: quốc hội (vi) (國會)
- Yiddish: קאָנגרעס m (kongres)
- Zulu: ukhongolose class 1a/2a
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conference
- Arabic: مُؤْتَمَر m (muʔtamar), اِجْتِمَاع (ar) m (ijtimāʕ)
- Armenian: համագումար (hy) (hamagumar), կոնգրես (hy) (kongres)
- Azerbaijani: qurultay (az)
- Basque: batzar
- Belarusian: з'езд m (zʺjezd)
- Bulgarian: конгре́с (bg) m (kongrés), конфере́нция (bg) f (konferéncija)
- Burmese: ကွန်ဂရက် (my) (kwan-ga.rak)
- Catalan: congrés (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大會 / 大会 (zh) (dàhuì)
- Czech: kongres (cs) m, sjezd (cs) m
- Dutch: congres (nl) n, conferentie (nl)
- Esperanto: kongreso
- 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)
- Kazakh: құрылтай (qūryltai)
- Korean: 대회(大會) (ko) (daehoe), 회의(會議) (ko) (hoe'ui)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کۆنگرا (kongra)
- Northern Kurdish: kongre (ku)
- Macedonian: конгрес m (kongres)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: их хурал (ix xural), хурал (mn) (xural)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kongress (no) m
- Nynorsk: kongress m
- Pashto: کنفرانس m (kanfarāns)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: کُنْفِرانْس (konferâns), هَمایِش (hamâyeš)
- Polish: kongres (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: ко̀нгрес m
- Roman: kòngres (sh) m
- Slovak: zjazd m
- Slovene: kongres (sl) m
- Spanish: congreso (es) m
- Swedish: kongress (sv) c
- Tagalog: kongreso (tl)
- Tajik: ҳамоиш (hamoyiš), конфронс (konfrons), конференсия (tg) (konferensiya)
- Tatar: корылтай (tt) (qorıltay)
- Turkish: konferans (tr)
- Turkmen: gurultaý
- Ukrainian: конгре́с (uk) m (konhrés), конґре́с m (kongrés), з'їзд (uk) m (zʺjizd)
- Uzbek: qurultoy (uz), syezd
- Vietnamese: đại hội (vi) (大會)
- Yiddish: קאָנגרעס m (kongres)
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