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congé (kän′z̸hā′, -jā′; Fr kōn z̸hā′)

noun

  1. a curt dismissal
  2. permission to leave
  3. a formal farewell
  4. a bow, esp. at leave-taking
  5. Archit. a concave molding

Etymology: Fr, leave, departure < OFr congie < L commeatus, a going to and fro < commeare, to come and go < com-, intens. + meare, to go: see permeate

Browse dictionary entries near congé

  1. ‹ cong
  2. ‹ confute
  3. ‹ confutation
  4. ‹ confusion of goods
  5. ‹ confusion
  6. ‹ confusing
  7. ‹ confused
  8. ‹ confuse
  9. ‹ Confucius
  10. ‹ Confucianism
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  4. congee ›
  5. congelation ›
  6. congener ›
  7. congenial ›
  8. congenital ›
  9. conger ›
  10. conger (eel) ›