different between congress vs seminar

English

Etymology

From Latin congressum, the past participle of congredior (“I go, come together”), itself from con- + gradior (“I go, step”). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (noun:)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?????s/, /-??s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??????s/
• (verb:)
  • IPA^(key): /k?n????s/, /k??????s/

Noun

congress (countable and uncountable, plural congresses)

1. (archaic) A coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
   • , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.48:

     After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.

2. A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
3. (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
4. An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

   The National Congress of American Indians

5. (dated) Coitus; sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (legislative body) assembly, legislature, parliament
• (association) federation

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

congress (third-person singular simple present congresses, present participle congressing, simple past and past participle congressed)

1. (intransitive) To assemble together.
2. To meet in a congress.

English

Etymology

From German Seminar, from Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Compare seminary.

Noun

seminar (plural seminars)

1. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
2. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.

Derived terms

• proseminar
• webinar

Related terms

• semen
• seminary

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrines, Erisman, Mainers, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, remains, sirname

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English seminar, from German Seminar, from Latin s?min?rium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.mi?n?r/, /?s?.m??n?r/
• Hyphenation: se?mi?nar

Noun

seminar n or m (plural seminars)

1. seminar (class or conference for advanced studies)

   Synonym: (Belgium) seminarie

Related terms

• seminarie
• webinar

Estonian

Noun

seminar (genitive seminari, partitive seminari)

1. seminar

Declension

Further reading

• seminar in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• seminar” in Sõnaveeb

Indonesian

Etymology 1

sinar +? -em-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??minar/
• Hyphenation: sê?mi?nar

Adjective

seminar (plural seminar-seminar)

1. (rare) radiant; splendent

Etymology 2

From Dutch seminar, from Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Doublet of seminari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??minar/
• Hyphenation: sê?mi?nar

Noun

seminar (first-person possessive seminarku, second-person possessive seminarmu, third-person possessive seminarnya)

1. seminar

Related terms

Further reading

• “seminar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin seminarium

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar or seminarer, definite plural seminara or seminarene)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin seminarium

Noun

seminar n (definite singular seminaret, indefinite plural seminar, definite plural seminara)

1. a seminar

References

• “seminar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French séminaire, from Latin seminarium.

Noun

seminar n (plural seminarii)

1. seminar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sem?na?r/
• Hyphenation: se?mi?nar

Noun

semìn?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. seminar

Declension