Afrikaans kongres | ||
Albanian kongresiv | ||
Amharic ኮንግረስ | ||
Arabic الكونغرس | ||
Armenian կոնգրեսական | ||
Assamese কংগ্ৰেছৰ | ||
Aymara congreso ukankirinakaru | ||
Azerbaijani konqres | ||
Bambara kongresi kɔnɔ | ||
Basque kongresua | ||
Belarusian кангрэса | ||
Bengali কংগ্রেসনাল | ||
Bhojpuri कांग्रेसी के ह | ||
Bosnian kongresni | ||
Bulgarian конгресен | ||
Catalan congressual | ||
Cebuano kongreso | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 国会 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 國會 | ||
Corsican cungressu | ||
Croatian kongresni | ||
Czech parlamentní | ||
Danish kongres | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންގްރެސް އިންނެވެ | ||
Dogri कांग्रेसी | ||
Dutch congres | ||
English congressional | ||
Esperanto kongresa | ||
Estonian kongressi | ||
Ewe sewɔtakpekpe me tɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kongreso | ||
Finnish kongressin | ||
French congressionnel | ||
Frisian kongres | ||
Galician congresual | ||
Georgian კონგრესის | ||
German kongress- | ||
Greek βουλευτικός | ||
Guarani congreso-pegua | ||
Gujarati કોંગ્રેસનું | ||
Haitian Creole kongrè | ||
Hausa majalisa | ||
Hawaiian ʻahaʻōlelo nui | ||
Hebrew הקונגרס | ||
Hindi कांग्रेस | ||
Hmong xajxeeb | ||
Hungarian kongresszusi | ||
Icelandic þingmennsku | ||
Igbo nzuko omeiwu | ||
Ilocano kongreso ti bagina | ||
Indonesian kongres | ||
Irish comhdhála | ||
Italian congressuale | ||
Japanese 議会 | ||
Javanese kongres | ||
Kannada ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ | ||
Kazakh конгресс | ||
Khmer សមាជិកសភា | ||
Kinyarwanda kongere | ||
Konkani काँग्रेसीचो | ||
Korean 의회의 | ||
Krio na kɔngrigeshɔn | ||
Kurdish kongre | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆنگرێس | ||
Kyrgyz конгресс | ||
Lao ສະມາຊິກສະພາ | ||
Latin concilii | ||
Latvian kongresa | ||
Lingala ya congrès | ||
Lithuanian kongreso | ||
Luganda mu lukiiko lwa ttabamiruka | ||
Luxembourgish kongress | ||
Macedonian конгресен | ||
Maithili कांग्रेसी | ||
Malagasy kongresy | ||
Malay kongres | ||
Malayalam കോൺഗ്രസ് | ||
Maltese kungress | ||
Maori huihuinga nui | ||
Marathi कॉंग्रेसल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯪꯒ꯭ꯔꯦꯁꯀꯤ ꯃꯤꯍꯨꯠ ꯑꯣꯏꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo congress-ah a tel a ni | ||
Mongolian конгресс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကွန်ဂရက် | ||
Nepali कression्ग्रेसनल | ||
Norwegian kongressen | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) msonkhano | ||
Odia (Oriya) କଂଗ୍ରେସ | ||
Oromo kongireesii kan ta’e | ||
Pashto کانګرس | ||
Persian کنگره | ||
Polish kongresowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) congressional | ||
Punjabi ਸਮੂਹਕ | ||
Quechua congreso nisqapi | ||
Romanian congresional | ||
Russian конгрессмен | ||
Samoan fono | ||
Sanskrit काङ्ग्रेसस्य | ||
Scots Gaelic congressional | ||
Sepedi ya kongrese | ||
Serbian конгресни | ||
Sesotho kopano | ||
Shona congressional | ||
Sindhi گڏجاڻي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කොන්ග්රස් | ||
Slovak kongresový | ||
Slovenian kongresni | ||
Somali congress-ka | ||
Spanish del congreso | ||
Sundanese kongrés | ||
Swahili mkutano | ||
Swedish kongress- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kongreso | ||
Tajik конгресс | ||
Tamil காங்கிரஸ் | ||
Tatar конгресс | ||
Telugu కాంగ్రెస్ | ||
Thai รัฐสภา | ||
Tigrinya ናይ ኮንግረስ ኣባል ባይቶ | ||
Tsonga xirho xa khongresi | ||
Turkish kongre | ||
Turkmen kongres | ||
Twi (Akan) mmarahyɛ baguafo | ||
Ukrainian конгресу | ||
Urdu مجلس | ||
Uyghur قۇرۇلتاي | ||
Uzbek kongress | ||
Vietnamese quốc hội | ||
Welsh cyngresol | ||
Xhosa ingqungquthela | ||
Yiddish קאָנגרעססיאָנאַל | ||
Yoruba igbimọ ijọba | ||
Zulu ukuhlangana |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "kongres" comes from the Dutch word "congres" which in turn comes from the Latin word "congressus" which means "a coming together". |
| Albanian | Kongresiv can also mean "congress" or "the congress" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ኮንግረስ" derives from the Latin word "congregare," meaning "to assemble" |
| Arabic | The term 'الكونغرس' ('congressional') comes from the Latin term 'congressus' which means 'an encounter' or 'a conference'. |
| Azerbaijani | Konqres in Azerbaijani also means a gathering of delegates from different parts of a country or organization. |
| Basque | The word "kongresua" derives from the Latin word "congressus", meaning assembly or meeting. |
| Belarusian | The word "кангрэса" can also refer to a particular building or hall used by a legislative body. |
| Bengali | কংগ্রেসনাল শব্দটি "কংগ্রেস" শব্দ থেকে এসেছে, যা একটি বিধানসভার প্রতিনিধিত্ব করে। |
| Bosnian | The word "kongresni" can also refer to a type of dance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Bulgarian | Ко се отнася до Конгреса на САЩ |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "congressual" can also refer to something related to a union or a meeting. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "kongreso" can also refer to a gathering or assembly, or the act of gathering together. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 字面含义是“会众的国家”,源自古希腊语词根“kong”表示“集会”,“ethnos”表示“民族”,“ology”表示“研究”或“描述”等含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 國會 is also pronounced as "guóhuì", meaning "parliament" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The word "cungressu" in Corsican comes from the Latin term "congressus," which means "a meeting." It is also used to refer to a legislative body, such as the United States Congress. |
| Croatian | In Polish, "kongresni" can also mean "congressman" or "congresswoman." |
| Czech | The word "parlamentní" also means "parliamentary" in Czech. |
| Danish | The word 'kongres' is derived from the French word 'congrès', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'congressus', meaning 'a coming together' or 'an assembly'. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "congres" can also refer to an assembly of experts or scholars, especially in a particular field. |
| Esperanto | The word "kongresa" in Esperanto can also mean "pertaining to a congress" or "associated with a congress". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "kongressi" can also mean "congressman" or "congresswoman" |
| Finnish | "Kongressin" is a foreign loanword from Swedish and refers to the US Congress. |
| French | En francais, « congressionnel » peut aussi faire référence aux membres du congrès des pouvoirs locaux. |
| Frisian | The word "kongres" in Frisian also means "conference". |
| Galician | Galician "congresual" is more related to the "Congress of Vienna" than to Congress of the United States. |
| German | The word "Kongress-" in German can also mean "conference" or "assembly", and is derived from the Latin word "congressus", meaning "a coming together". |
| Greek | Βουλευτικός (congressional) comes from the Greek word βουλή (council or assembly), meaning “relating to a council or assembly”. |
| Gujarati | The word "congressional" is derived from the Latin word "congressus", meaning "a coming together". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kongrè" in Haitian Creole also means "congress", "parliament," or "legislature." |
| Hausa | The word "majalisa" in Hausa can also refer to a meeting, assembly, or gathering. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ahaʻōlelo nui loosely translates to ‘big speech’, a nod to the traditional Hawaiian practice of prolonged speeches and debates in legislative assemblies. |
| Hebrew | הקונגרס בהקשרו היהודי קשור בדרך כלל לקונגרס הציוני העולמי ולתנועת הציונות. |
| Hindi | The word 'कांग्रेस' can also refer to the Indian National Congress, a major political party in India, established in 1885. |
| Hmong | The word "xajxeeb" has a second meaning, "to vote in a poll." |
| Hungarian | The word "kongresszusi" derives from the Latin "congressus" meaning "coming together" or "association". |
| Icelandic | The word "þingmennsku" is derived from the Old Norse word "þing", meaning "assembly" or "council", and the suffix "-mennsku", meaning "quality" or "character". Thus, "þingmennsku" can also mean "the quality or character of an assembly" or "the way in which an assembly is conducted". |
| Igbo | The word "nzuko omeiwu" also means "an assembly of wise men" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "kongres" also means 'assembly' or 'convention'. |
| Irish | The word "comhdhála" (congressional) in Irish may also refer to "common" or "public" assemblies or gatherings. |
| Italian | The word "congressuale" is derived from the Latin "congressus" meaning "coming together, meeting". |
| Japanese | The Japanese word 'gikai' can also refer to a general assembly, parliament, or council. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kongres" can also mean "assembly" or "meeting" in general. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್" also refers to the Indian National Congress, a political party founded in 1885. |
| Kazakh | The word "конгресс" in Kazakh shares its root with the English word "congress" and also means "gathering" or "assembly". |
| Khmer | The word សមាជិកសភា is derived from Pali and Sanskrit words meaning 'council' or 'assembly' and is also a synonym for 'parliament' in Khmer. |
| Korean | 의회의의 한자어는 "議院의"이며, 그래서 "의원"이라는 단어도 포함됩니다. |
| Kurdish | The word 'kongre' comes from the Persian word 'kāngūn', which means 'council'. |
| Latin | The Latin word "concilium" means "council" or "assembly" and is the root of the English word "conciliatory". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "kongresa" has a second meaning of "big", possibly influenced by the fact that congresses are typically large gatherings. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kongreso" in Lithuanian derives from the French word "congrès" and the Latin word "congressus", meaning "coming together" or "meeting". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Kongress" refers to a type of pear as well as parliamentary gatherings. |
| Macedonian | The word "конгресен" can also mean "conference" or "congress" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Kongresy" is cognate with the French word "Congrès" and ultimately derived from the Latin word "Congregare", meaning "to assemble". |
| Malay | The word "kongres" is also used in Malay to refer to the members of a congress or assembly. |
| Malayalam | The word ‘കോൺഗ്രസ്’ (congress) derives from the Latin word ‘congressus’, meaning ‘coming together'. |
| Maltese | The word "kungress" in Maltese can also refer to a congress or a large assembly. |
| Maori | In Maori, this word derives from Hui (gathering) and huihuinga (to gather). |
| Marathi | No specific alternate meanings or etymology information is available for the word "congressional" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "конгресс" is also used to refer to a gathering of people for a specific purpose, such as a conference or a meeting. |
| Nepali | This American English-Nepali (Congressional) corpus shows the word 'Kressional'' (congressional) used in the context of the United States Congress. |
| Norwegian | Kongressen derives from "kong" (king) and means "relating to a king or a state." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "msonkhano" also means "assembly" or "gathering" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "کانګرس" is derived from the French word "congrès", meaning "assembly" or "council". |
| Polish | "Kongresowy" can also mean a type of dance inspired by dances from the period of the Congress of Vienna. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The term "congressional" has been used in Portugal in a diplomatic context to refer to the Portuguese diplomatic missions that are subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, similar to the Brazilian use of the term "diplomatic representative office" |
| Punjabi | The word ਸਮੂਹਕ derives from the Sanskrit word 'samaha' meaning a group or assembly. |
| Romanian | Congressional in Romanian (congressional) can also mean "relating to or occurring in a congress". |
| Russian | The word "конгрессмен" can also mean "congressman" or "congresswoman" in Russian |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fono", meaning "congressional", derives from the Polynesian word for "council" or "assembly". |
| Scots Gaelic | This word does not exist in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "конгресни" can also refer to something related to a congress or a convention. |
| Sesotho | The word 'kopano' in Sesotho derives from the word 'kopanya', which means 'to meet' or 'to gather'. |
| Shona | It is derived from the Latin word "congressus" (meeting). |
| Sindhi | The word "گڏجاڻي" in Sindhi, meaning "congressional", has an alternate meaning of "a gathering of people". |
| Slovak | The word "kongresový" can also mean "congressman" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "kongresni" can also mean "congress centre" when used as a noun. |
| Somali | In Somali, 'congress-ka' can also refer to a traditional gathering or assembly, suggesting its connection to political representation. |
| Spanish | "Del congreso" can also refer to a type of coffee in Spain. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kongrés" also refers to a traditional gathering for discussion and consensus-building. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mkutano" can also refer to a meeting or gathering. |
| Swedish | "Kongress-" in Swedish comes from the medieval Latin expression "congrediens," meaning "coming together," and referred to a formal legislative assembly. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Filipino word "kongreso" has its roots in the Spanish word "congreso", which itself comes from the Latin word "congressus", meaning "a coming together". This aptly describes the purpose of a congress, which is to bring together representatives from different groups to discuss and make decisions. |
| Tajik | The term “конгресс” also means "convention" or "gathering". |
| Thai | รัฐสภา can also refer to the National Assembly of Thailand or the members of the Assembly. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "kongre" originated from the French word "congrès" meaning "congress" or "assembly". |
| Ukrainian | The word "конгресу" in Ukrainian can also refer to the US Congress. |
| Urdu | The word "مجلس" also means "assembly" or "council" in Urdu. |
| Vietnamese | "Quốc hội" (congressional) originates from the Chinese "国会" (guóhuì), which means "national assembly" or "parliament." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "cyngresol" also means "a meeting of persons in a single place for a common purpose", implying a parliament or assembly. |
| Xhosa | The word "ingqungquthela" can also be used to refer to a "council of chiefs." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאָנגרעססיאָנאַל" can also mean "legislative assembly" or "parliamentary". |
| Yoruba | Igbimọ ijọba also means 'general assembly' and has its root in the word 'gbà' which means 'to receive or take'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ukuhlangana' comes from the verb 'ukuhlangana' meaning 'to meet, assemble, or unite'. |
| English | The word "congressional" derives from the Latin word "congrego," meaning "to gather together." |