congressional
See also: Congressional
English
Etymology
From congression + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
congressional (comparative more congressional, superlative most congressional)
- (politics) Of or relating to a congress.
- 2022 October 4, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, “Secret recording played at trial shows Oath Keepers allegedly planning for violence in DC”, in CNN[1]:
- That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday.
Derived terms
- congressional delegation
- congressional district
- congressional fellow
- congressionally
- precongressional
- uncongressional
Translations
of or relating to a congress
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ɡɾe.si.oˈnaw/ [kõ.ɡɾe.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ɡɾe.sjoˈnaw/ [kõ.ɡɾe.sjoˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnal/ [kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ɡɾɨ.sjuˈna.li/
- Hyphenation: con‧gres‧si‧o‧nal
Adjective
congressional m or f (plural congressionais)
- (politics) congressional (of or relating to a congress)
- Synonym: congressual
Derived terms
- congressionalidade
- congressionalmente
Further reading
- “congressional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “congressional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “congressional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “congressional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026