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congres

congress (a large formal meeting or conference) /konˈɡres/

noun#3740 most common

Also: convention, Congress (the legislative body of certain countries, e.g. the US)

Example sentences

Congresul este mâine.
The congress is tomorrow.
Ea participă la congres în fiecare an.
She attends a congress every year.
Am fost la un congres de medicină la Cluj.
I went to a medical congress in Cluj.
Congresul Partidului Comunist Român a avut loc în 1989.
The Congress of the Romanian Communist Party took place in 1989.
Delegații la congres au dezbătut noua lege timp de ore întregi.
The delegates at the congress debated the new law for hours.
Congresul Statelor Unite a aprobat bugetul înainte de termenul limită.
The United States Congress approved the budget before the deadline.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecongresulcongresele
Genitivecongresuluicongreselor
Accusativecongresulcongresele
Vocativecongresulecongreselor

Word family

congresualrelating to a congress
congresista participant or delegate at a congress
progresprogress
regresregression, setback

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "congres" from French "congrès" during the 19th century, when the language deliberately absorbed Latinate and French vocabulary to modernize itself. The French word comes from Latin "congressus", the past participle of "congredi", meaning to come together or meet. That verb is built from "con-" (together) and "gradi" (to walk, to step).

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