congé

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

con

from Latin commeatus, from commeare ("to go, to leave"), from cum-, and meare ("to go"); the /e/ or /i/ changing to /j/ in this kind of word: somniare ("to dream"), serviens ("sergeant"), etc.

Definitions

mécanique
architecture
marine

Synonyms

acquitpassavantlaissez-passer

Plural

congés

Translations

  • germangerman:Ferien
  • englishenglish:leisure
  • danishdanish:ferie
  • dutchdutch:verlof
  • polishpolish:wczasy
  • portugueseportuguese:licença
  • swedishswedish:semester

See also

congéable (adj.) congédier (v.) congédiement (cn.) congédiable (adj.) incongédiable (adj.)