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Congolese

Syllables: Con·go·lese/ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/US/ˌkɔŋ.ɡəˈliz/

Congolese noun: a person from the Congo or any Congolese state.

Noun

Congolese (plural Congolese)

  1. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
    • The first feature film ever made in Congo by a Congolese was Le hasard n'existe pas (There is no such thing as luck, 1977), by Madenda and Luzolo, and it was filmed in 16mm and in black and white.2002, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Questioning African Cinema: Conversations With Filmmakers, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 134
    1. A person from the Republic of the Congo.
    2. A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
      • The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot...2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian

Adjective

Congolese (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
    • Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the...2012, Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too, →ISBN
    1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.
    2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.

Congolese meaning in Bengali and Tagalog

Congolese in Bengali

কঙ্গোলীয়

Congolese in Tagalog

person from either of the Congos
Konggoles, Konggolesa

Synonyms of Congolese

Forms of Congolese

pluralCongolese

Origin of Congolese

From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.

Words formed from Congolese

Phrases with Congolese

Words that rhyme with Congolese

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Questions about Congolese

What does Congolese mean?
Congolese means a person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
What is Congolese in Bengali?
Congolese in Bengali is কঙ্গোলীয়. See Congolese meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Congolese?
Congolese can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Congolese?
Congolese is pronounced /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK).
What is the plural of Congolese?
The plural of Congolese is Congolese.

Words near Congolese in the dictionary

  1. Congoese
  2. Congoid
  3. Congoids
  4. congoing
  5. Congoland
  6. Congolese
  7. Congolese giraffe
  8. Congolese giraffes
  9. Congolia
  10. Congolian
  11. congolite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Congolese (page history and authors); Congolese (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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