congo

congo (countable and uncountable, plural congos or congoes)

1. Alternative form of congou: a kind of Chinese black tea.

congo

1. (India) congratulations

• cogon

From Congo.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ.ɡo]
• Homophones: Congo, congos

congo (plural congos)

1. (relational) Congo

congo m (plural congos)

1. (dated) Congolese (language)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably related to Etymology 1.”)

• (sense 1) (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/
• (sense 2 and 3) (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/, /kɑ̃.ɡo/^[1]

congo (plural congos)

1. (Louisiana) dark black (color)

congo m (plural congos)

1. (Louisiana) congo (dance formerly performed by Louisiana African-Americans)
2. (Louisiana, offensive, ethnic slur) Black person
3. (Louisiana) cottonmouth, water moccasin (snake) (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

   Synonyms: congo à tête plate m, serpent à tête plate m, serpent congo m, serpent d'eau m

4. (Louisiana) amphiuma, Congo eel, conger eel, Congo snake (aquatic salamander) (Amphiuma)

   Synonyms: congre m, corne m

5. (Louisiana) green-winged teal, American teal (duck) (Anas carolinensis)

   Synonym: petit congo m

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡo/

congo m (plural congos)

1. alternative form of congou (“congou, a kind of Chinese black tea”)

• “congo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonɡo/ [ˈkõŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -onɡo
• Syllabification: con‧go

congo m (plural congos)

1. congo (dance)

• “congo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025