congé

Meaning

1. (masculine) leave (time off, absence from work, etc.)
2. (masculine) holiday, day off
3. (masculine) furlough

Concepts

holiday

leave

vacation

time off

leisure

spare time

furlough

sack

discharge

dismissal

leave of absence

paying off

day off

free time

rest

sacking

sick leave

time

⌚

congé

dismission

leisure time

vacation

holydays

absence

holiday

coated

denunciation

firing

holyday

lay off

lay-off

liberation

maternity leave

notice

recess

release

repudiation

respite

Synonyms

vacances

vacance

loisirs

temps libre

loisir

repos

licenciement

permission

renvoi

plaisance

congédier

préavis

dédit

démission

fête

⛷️

jet

jour de vacance

limogeage

partir

Translations

Urlaub

férias

vakantie

verlof

Ferien

congedo

vacanza

ferie

licença

tatil

afmonstering

congé

ontslag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.ʒe/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: congié

Inherited from Latin: commeātus

In summary

Inherited from Old French congié, cungié, cunged, congiet, cumgiet, from Latin commeātus. As an architectural term, a calque of Ancient Greek ἀποφυγή (apophugḗ, “a leave, an escape; an architectural feature”).