conge

From French conge, from Latin congius. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.

conge (plural conges)

1. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of congy, congius, ancient Roman units of liquid measure and mass.

Accentless form of congé.

conge (plural conges)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of congé: an apophyge or cavetto.
2. Alternative form of congee: a leavetaking, a farewell.

conge (third-person singular simple present conges, present participle conging or congeing, simple past and past participle conged)

1. Synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc.

• "† conge, n.¹", "congee | congé, n.²", & "congee | congé, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1891.
• "CONGE", "To CO′NGE", & "CO′NGE" in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.
• “conge”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Genco, Gonce, cogen, genco

From Latin congius.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃ʒ/

conge m (plural conges)

1. congius

• “conge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.