congo

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== congo (countable and uncountable, plural congos or congoes) Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea. === Etymology 2 === ==== Interjection ==== congo (India) congratulations === Anagrams === cogon == French == === Etymology 1 === From Congo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [kɔŋ.ɡo] Homophones: Congo, congos ==== Adjective ==== congo (plural congos) (relational) Congo ==== Noun ==== congo m (plural congos) (dated) Congolese (language) === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably related to Etymology 1.”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (sense 1) (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/ (sense 2 and 3) (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/, /kɑ̃.ɡo/ ==== Adjective ==== congo (plural congos) (Louisiana) dark black (color) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== congo m (plural congos) (Louisiana) congo (dance formerly performed by Louisiana African-Americans) (Louisiana, offensive, ethnic slur) Black person (Louisiana) cottonmouth, water moccasin (snake) (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Synonyms: congo à tête plate m, serpent à tête plate m, serpent congo m, serpent d'eau m (Louisiana) amphiuma, Congo eel, conger eel, Congo snake (aquatic salamander) (Amphiuma) Synonyms: congre m, corne m (Louisiana) green-winged teal, American teal (duck) (Anas carolinensis) Synonym: petit congo m ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/ ==== Noun ==== congo m (plural congos) alternative form of congou (“congou, a kind of Chinese black tea”) === References === === Further reading === “congo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkonɡo/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡo] Rhymes: -onɡo Syllabification: con‧go === Noun === congo m (plural congos) congo (dance) === Further reading === “congo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025