kong

See also: Kong, kōng, kóng, kǒng, and kòng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 槓.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

kong (plural kongs)

  1. (mahjong) A set of four identical tiles.

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

konge

Noun

kong

  1. king, used as a title before the name of a king
    Kong Lars var en konge.
    King Lars was a king.

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

From a sound-imitative root + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkoŋɡ]

Verb

kong

  1. (intransitive) to resound

Conjugation
conjugation of kong
Infinitive kongani
Past participle kongott
Present participle kongó
Future participle -
Adverbial participle kongva
Potential konghat
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite kongok kongasz kong kongunk kongotok
or
kongtok		 konganak
Definite intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
Past Indefinite kongtam kongtál kongott kongtunk kongtatok kongtak
Definite -
Conditional mood Present Indefinite konganék konganál kongana konganánk konganátok konganának
Definite -
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite kongjak kongj
or
kongjál		 kongjon kongjunk kongjatok kongjanak
Definite -
Conjugated infinitive konganom konganod kongania konganunk konganotok konganiuk

Derived terms
  • kongás
  • kongat
  • kong-bong
  • kondít
  • kondul
  • kongat

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Further reading
  • kong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Mandarin

Romanization

kong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kǒng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kòng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of kõng.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of kong – see 光 (“light; beam; ray; glory; pride; etc.”).
(This character, kong, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 光.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun

Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural konger, definite plural kongene)

  1. boil, carbuncle, abscess

Etymology 2

From konge (“king”)

Noun

kong (indeclinable)

  1. The titular prefix given to a king
    kong Haakon VII

References
  • “kong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “kong” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun

Noun

kong m (definite singular kongen, indefinite plural kongar, definite plural kongane)

  1. boil, carbuncle, abscess

Etymology 2

From konge (“king”)

Noun

kong (indeclinable)

  1. The titular prefix given to a king
    kong Haakon VII

References
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