congee
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congee¹
- /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ US
- /ˈkɒndʒi/ UK
Sounds like kanji (US) · Rhymes with -ɒndʒi
Where it comes from
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.
noun congees · conge · congé
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly)
- Formal permission to leave; a passport.
- Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will.
- Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
- A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
- A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect. As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].
verb congees · congeeing · congeed · conge · congé
- To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
- To give formal permission to do something; to license.
- To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
- To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
congee²
- /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ US
- /ˈkɒndʒi/ UK
Sounds like kanji (US) · Rhymes with -ɒndʒi
Where it comes from
From Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci) or another Dravidian language such as Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) (ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kañci), possibly via Portuguese canje.
noun congees · conjee
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A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup.
Similar: rice porridge, rice congee, porridge, zhou, jook, juk
Translations
Every language
noun a type of rice porridge
| Español | arroz caldo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 죽 juk |
| 日本語 | 粥, 白粥 shiragayu, 雑炊 zōsui, コンジー Konjī |
| 中文 | 米粥 mǐzhōu, 粥 zhōu, 稀飯 /稀饭 xīfàn |
| हिन्दी | गांजी gāñjī, खीर khīr |
| Português | canja |
| Français | congee |
| Deutsch | Reis-Congee, Congee |
| Русский | ри́совый отва́р rísovyj otvár, ри́совая ка́ша rísovaja káša, ри́совый суп rísovyj sup |
| Tiếng Việt | cháo |
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title = {congee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/congee},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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