Home › Words › C › congolesecongolese/ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/congolese means of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.congolese is pronounced /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/.EtymologyFrom French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese.adjOf, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.; Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.; Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.nounA person from the Congo or any Congolese state.e.g.“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:A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.; A person from the Republic of the Congo.A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.; A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.congoese 84% match — Of or relating to the Congo in Africa. vs congolese →congolian 76% match — Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo River or associated ecosystems. vs congolese →zairean 72% match — A person from Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) vs congolese →bakongo 65% match — Synonym of Kongo (“a Bantu ethnic group”). vs congolese →congoer 64% match — An attendee at a convention. vs congolese →congo 62% match — Congregationalist vs congolese →congolia 62% match — The bio-geographic region of the Congo River basin. vs congolese →kele 60% match — A Bantu ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. vs congolese →