conger
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɚ/
- Homophone: conga (non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
Noun edit
conger (plural congers)
- Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
- Synonym: conger eel
- (historical) A chain of booksellers.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
eel
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡer/, [ˈkɔŋɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.d͡ʒer/, [ˈkɔn̠ʲd͡ʒer]
Noun edit
conger m (genitive congrī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | conger | congrī |
Genitive | congrī | congrōrum |
Dative | congrō | congrīs |
Accusative | congrum | congrōs |
Ablative | congrō | congrīs |
Vocative | conger | congrī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “conger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers