"congee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ [General-American], /ˈkɒndʒiː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: congees [plural]
Etymology: From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“I go and come”), from con- + meō (“I go, I pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|congie}} Middle English congie, {{der|en|fro|congié}} Old French congié, {{m|fro|congiet}} congiet, {{cog|fr|congé}} French congé, {{der|en|la|commeātus||passage, permission to leave}} Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), {{m|la|commeō||I go and come}} commeō (“I go and come”), {{m|la|con-}} con-, {{m|la|meō||I go, I pass}} meō (“I go, I pass”), {{cog|fr|congé}} French congé Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} congee (countable and uncountable, plural congees)
  1. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly): Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-oYyFolFS
  2. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
    (obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
    Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-QxfajI3l
  3. (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-KUHyHDkt Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 5 13 17 16 5 17 4 4 8 7
  4. (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-ZZwz6mDI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 12 19 12 4 13 5 4 13 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 5 13 17 16 5 17 4 4 8 7 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 3 4 14 20 14 4 14 4 4 10 9
  5. (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar. Tags: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun--IXsKpKh Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 5 13 17 16 5 17 4 4 8 7
  6. (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-sbK6AsM5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.], congé [from 18th c.] Derived forms: give congee, take congee
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ [General-American], /ˈkɒndʒiː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: congees [plural]
Etymology: From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ta|கஞ்சி}} Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci), {{der|en|ml|കഞ്ഞി}} Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi), {{der|en|dra-pro|*kañci}} Proto-Dravidian *kañci, {{der|en|pt|canje}} Portuguese canje Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} congee (usually uncountable, plural congees)
  1. (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Cooking, Foods Synonyms: rice porridge, rice congee [hypercorrect], porridge [Chinese, English], conjee Hyponyms (Chinese contexts): zhou Hyponyms (Korean, Thai, Hong Kong contexts): jook, juk Derived forms: congee house, rice congee Related terms: dim sum Related terms (Portuguese): canja Translations (a type of rice porridge): জাউ (jau) (Bengali), ဆန်ပြုတ် (hcanprut) (Burmese), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (zuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 米粥 (mǐzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), (zhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 稀飯 (Chinese Mandarin), 稀饭 (xīfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), congee (Finnish), riisikeitto (Finnish), congee [masculine] (French), Reis-Congee [neuter] (German), Congee [neuter] (German), गांजी (gāñjī) [feminine] (Hindi), खीर (khīr) (english: rice pudding) (Hindi), rizskása (Hungarian), rizsleves (Hungarian), bubur (Indonesian), (alt: かゆ, kayu, かい, kai, しゅく, shuku) (Japanese), 白粥 (shiragayu) (alt: しらがゆ) (Japanese), čaŏ (Jarai), bu (Jarai), ಗಂಜಿ (gañji) (Kannada), lelut (Kapampangan), បបរ (bɑɑbɑbɑɑ) (Khmer), (juk) (alt: ) (Korean), 饘粥 (zhānzhōu) (Literary Chinese), bubur (Malay), കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (Malayalam), ᡠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᡩ᠋ᠠ (uyan buda) (Manchu), шингэн будаа (šingen budaa) (Mongolian), шийжүү (šiižüü) (Mongolian), binulbol (Pangasinan), canja (Portuguese), ри́совый отва́р (rísovyj otvár) [masculine] (Russian), ри́совая ка́ша (rísovaja káša) [feminine] (Russian), ри́совый суп (rísovyj sup) [masculine] (Russian), arroz caldo [masculine] (Spanish), rissoppa [common-gender] (Swedish), risvälling [common-gender] (Swedish), lugaw (Tagalog), கஞ்சி (kañci) (Tamil), గంజి (gañji) (Telugu), โจ๊ก (jóok) (Thai), จุ๊ก (júk) (note: from Cantonese) (Thai), cháo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-congee-en-noun-WwuIUJzl Disambiguation of Foods: 3 8 6 13 8 4 37 4 4 7 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 5 13 17 16 5 17 4 4 8 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ [General-American], /ˈkɒndʒiː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: congees [present, singular, third-person], congeeing [participle, present], congeed [participle, past], congeed [past]
Etymology: From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“I go and come”), from con- + meō (“I go, I pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|congie}} Middle English congie, {{der|en|fro|congié}} Old French congié, {{m|fro|congiet}} congiet, {{cog|fr|congé}} French congé, {{der|en|la|commeātus||passage, permission to leave}} Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), {{m|la|commeō||I go and come}} commeō (“I go and come”), {{m|la|con-}} con-, {{m|la|meō||I go, I pass}} meō (“I go, I pass”), {{cog|fr|congé}} French congé Head templates: {{en-verb}} congee (third-person singular simple present congees, present participle congeeing, simple past and past participle congeed)
  1. (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
    (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
    Tags: archaic, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-congee-en-verb-WfcAuE1i
  2. (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)
    (obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
    Tags: archaic, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-congee-en-verb-G7AVrZ7z
  3. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-congee-en-verb-Oxs77IOa
  4. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-congee-en-verb-OutvnSh5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conge [16th–17th c.], congé [from 18th c.]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
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          "code": "tl",
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          "code": "te",
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          "roman": "gañji",
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          "word": "గంజి"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
          "word": "โจ๊ก"
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          "code": "th",
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          "word": "จุ๊ก"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
          "word": "cháo"
        }
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        "Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell."
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        "(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell."
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        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Scottish English"
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        "A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar."
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          "fee",
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          "go away",
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          "alms"
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          "persistent",
          "persistent"
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          "beggar",
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        "(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar."
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        "Scotland",
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        "uncountable"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23",
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        }
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        [
          "bow",
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        [
          "curtsey",
          "curtsey"
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        [
          "gesture",
          "gesture"
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          "departure",
          "departure"
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        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
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          "obeissance",
          "obeissance"
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          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
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        "(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect."
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        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒndʒiː/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "homophone": "kanji (US)"
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      "word": "conge [16th–17th c.]"
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      "word": "congé [from 18th c.]"
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      "form": "congeeing",
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        "(archaic) To give congee, (particularly)",
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        "(archaic) To give congee, (particularly)",
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        "(archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously."
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        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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          "curtsey",
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        "(archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒndʒiː/",
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      "word": "congee house"
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      "word": "জাউ"
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      "word": "ဆန်ပြုတ်"
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      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "稀飯"
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      "roman": "xīfàn",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "稀饭"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "congee"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "riisikeitto"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "khīr",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
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      "code": "id",
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      "alt": "かゆ, kayu, かい, kai, しゅく, shuku",
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      "alt": "しらがゆ",
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      "word": "白粥"
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      "code": "jra",
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      "word": "čaŏ"
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      "word": "ಗಂಜಿ"
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      "code": "pam",
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      "word": "lelut"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "bɑɑbɑbɑɑ",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "បបរ"
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      "alt": "粥",
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      "roman": "juk",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "죽"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "bubur"
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      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "കഞ്ഞി"
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      "code": "mnc",
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      "roman": "uyan buda",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "ᡠᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᡩ᠋ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šingen budaa",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "шингэн будаа"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šiižüü",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "шийжүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "pag",
      "lang": "Pangasinan",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "binulbol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "canja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rísovyj otvár",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́совый отва́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rísovaja káša",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́совая ка́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rísovyj sup",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ри́совый суп"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arroz caldo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rissoppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "risvälling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "lugaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kañci",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "கஞ்சி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "gañji",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "గంజి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jóok",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "โจ๊ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "note": "from Cantonese",
      "roman": "júk",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "จุ๊ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a type of rice porridge",
      "word": "cháo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "congee"
  ],
  "word": "congee"
}

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