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Congolese en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɔŋ.ɡəˈliz/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK)
• /ˌkɑŋ.ɡəˈliz/ (US, cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
   • Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the Portuguese representatives that some European traders were enslaving all African citizens, 2012, Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too, →ISBN:
2. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state. ▸ Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.
3. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state. ▸ Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.

Coordinates

Zairean · Congolian

Deriveds

Congolese giraffe

Synonyms

Congo-Kinshasan · Congo-Brazzavillean

Translations (41)

pl kongijski (people or language of Republic of Congo) · ro congolez (people or language of Republic of Congo) · es congolés (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · cs konžský (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · es congolés (people or language of Republic of Congo) · es congoleño (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · fr kino-congolais (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · nb brazzavillekongolesisk (people or language of Republic of Congo) · sw Kikongo (people or language of Republic of Congo) · ru конголе́зский (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · de kongolesisch (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · ast congolés (people or language of Republic of Congo) · da congolesisk (people or language of Republic of Congo) · af Kongolees (people or language of Republic of Congo) · tr Kongolu (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · sw Kikongo (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · sv kongolesisk (people or language of Republic of Congo) · es congoleño (people or language of Republic of Congo) · de der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · tr Kongolu (people or language of Republic of Congo) · ast congolés (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · sv kongolesisk (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · cs konžský (people or language of Republic of Congo) · pl kongijski (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · fr congolais (people or language of Republic of Congo) · nn kongolesisk (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · ru конголе́зский (people or language of Republic of Congo) · nl Congolees (people or language of Republic of Congo) · el κονγκολέζικος (people or language of Republic of Congo) · nb kongolesisk (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · fr brazza-congolais (people or language of Republic of Congo) · fr congolaise (people or language of Republic of Congo) · de kongolesisch (people or language of Republic of Congo) · el της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας του Κογκό (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · nl Congolees (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · pt congolês (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · af Kongolees (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · nn brazzavillekongolesisk (people or language of Republic of Congo) · fr congolais (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo) · pt congolês (people or language of Republic of Congo) · ro congolez (people or language of Democratic Republic of Congo)

Congolese en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɔŋ.ɡəˈliz/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK)
• /ˌkɑŋ.ɡəˈliz/ (US, cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.

Meanings

1. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
   • The first feature film ever made in Congo by a Congolese was Le hasard n'existe pas (There is no such thing as luck, 1977), by Madenda and Luzolo, and it was filmed in 16mm and in black and white. 2002, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Questioning African Cinema: Conversations With Filmmakers, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 134:
2. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state. ▸ A person from the Republic of the Congo.
3. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state. ▸ A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
   • The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. 2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan · African

Synonyms

Congo-Kinshasan · Congo-Brazzavillean

Translations (105)

ro congolez (person from either of the Congos) · ast congolesa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · tr Kongolu (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ja コンゴ人 (person from either of the Congos) · sq kongoléz (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · de Kongolese (person from either of the Congos) · tl Konggoles (person from either of the Congos) · fr Congolaise de Kinshasa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · es congolés (person from either of the Congos) · es congolés (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sq kongoléze (person from either of the Congos) · ro congolez (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · de Kongolesin (person from either of the Congos) · nl Congolese (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · cs Konžan (person from either of the Congos) · es congoleña (person from either of the Congos) · gl congolés (person from either of the Congos) · it congolese (person from either of the Congos) · es congolesa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nn kongolesar (person from either of the Congos) · ja コンゴ共和国人 (person from Republic of Congo) · pl Kongijka (person from Republic of Congo) · ro congoleză (person from Republic of Congo) · tl Konggolesa (person from either of the Congos) · tr Kongolu (person from Republic of Congo) · ru конголе́зка (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ko 콩고 공화국 사람 (person from Republic of Congo) · ca congolesa (person from Republic of Congo) · ko 콩고 사람 (person from either of the Congos) · nl Congolese (person from either of the Congos) · ast congolés (person from either of the Congos) · ko 콩고 민주 공화국 사람 (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ro congoleză (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pt congolês (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ja コンゴ民主共和国人 (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nb kongoleser (person from either of the Congos) · ru конголе́зец (person from Republic of Congo) · ko 콩고 민주 공화국인 (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sq kongoléz (person from either of the Congos) · fr Congolais de Brazzaville (person from Republic of Congo) · ca congolesa (person from either of the Congos) · no kongolesisk (person from either of the Congos) · el Κονγκολέζος (person from either of the Congos) · ko 콩고 공화국인 (person from Republic of Congo) · nn kongolesar (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pl Kongijczyk (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nb kongoleser (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nl Congolees (person from either of the Congos) · ast congolesa (person from either of the Congos) · ru конголе́зка (person from Republic of Congo) · fr Congolaise de Brazzaville (person from Republic of Congo) · ca congolès (person from either of the Congos) · ca congolès (person from Republic of Congo) · ro congoleză (person from either of the Congos) · fr Brazza-Congolais (person from Republic of Congo) · ko 콩고인 (person from either of the Congos) · ast congolesa (person from Republic of Congo) · pl Kongijczyk (person from either of the Congos) · kk конголық (person from either of the Congos) · nl Congolees (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · fr Congolais (person from either of the Congos) · el Κονγκολέζα (person from either of the Congos) · fr Congolaise (person from either of the Congos) · es congolesa (person from Republic of Congo) · de der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sq kongoléz (person from Republic of Congo) · es congoleña (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sq kongoléze (person from Republic of Congo) · es congoleña (person from Republic of Congo) · af Kongolees (person from either of the Congos) · tr Kongolu (person from either of the Congos) · ca congolès (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sw Mkongo (person from either of the Congos) · hu kongói (person from either of the Congos) · es congolés (person from Republic of Congo) · ru конголе́зка (person from either of the Congos) · es congolesa (person from either of the Congos) · nn brazzavillekongoleser (person from Republic of Congo) · ca congolesa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pl Kongijczyk (person from Republic of Congo) · sq kongoléze (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · it congolese (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ast congolés (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pl Kongijka (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · fr Kino-Congolais (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · sv kongoles (person from either of the Congos) · pl Kongijka (person from either of the Congos) · nb brazzavillekongoleser (person from Republic of Congo) · sw Mkongo (person from Republic of Congo) · ru конголе́зец (person from either of the Congos) · ro congolez (person from Republic of Congo) · pt congolês (person from Republic of Congo) · es congoleño (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pt congolesa (person from Republic of Congo) · it congolese (person from Republic of Congo) · sw Mkongo (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · pt congolesa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · ast congolés (person from Republic of Congo) · es congoleño (person from either of the Congos) · ru конголе́зец (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nl Congolees (person from Republic of Congo) · fr Congolais de Kinshasa (person from Democratic Republic of Congo) · nl Congolese (person from Republic of Congo) · pt congolês (person from either of the Congos) · es congoleño (person from Republic of Congo)