Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)

    formal permission to depart

  2. (uncountable, usually)A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

    Reis-Congee, Congee

    ри́совый отва́рrísovyj otvár, ри́совая ка́шаrísovaja káša, ри́совый супrísovyj sup

  3. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formal permission to leave; a passport.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

    an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.

  6. (Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.

  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I've had black rice congee thrice in one day!

    deIch habe an einem Tag dreimal schwarzen Reisbrei gegessen!

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  2. I have congee every morning.

    ruКаждое утро я ем рисовую кашу.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a type of rice porridge:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a type of rice porridge:

Origin

From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), fr

From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.

From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje.

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Forms

plural: congees

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast:jook
  • an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal:conge
  • formal permission to depart:conge
  • (architecture) a concave molding:conge

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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