Congoleseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/
• 韻: -iːz

名詞

Congolese (plural Congolese)

1. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state.
   • 2002, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Questioning African Cinema: Conversations With Filmmakers, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 134:

     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.

   1. A person from the Republic of the Congo.

      Synonym: Congo-Brazzavillean

   2. A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).

      Synonym: Congo-Kinshasan

      • 2025 May 22, “Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo”, in The Guardian‎:

        The picture accompanying the article was in fact a screengrab of a video published by Reuters on 3 February and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showing humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

使用する際の注意点

• As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Congolese", "writing about Congolese cuisine as a Congolese") is uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Congolese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Congolese cuisine as a Congolese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.
• The term Congolese on its own is not strictly a nationality since it refers to two different nations, and it is therefore a regional or supranational word, like Dominican or Scandinavian. There is no simple modifier which can be added to the word to define which nation is meant. Sometimes the nation's acronym (ROC or DRC) is added before or after 'Congolese', as in 'DRC Congolese' or 'Congolese (DRC)', sometimes the names of the capitals are added:

Three of them were DRC Congolese and the other two were ROC Congolese

Three of them were (Kinshasa) Congolese and the other two were (Brazzaville) Congolese.

上位語

• sub-Saharan, African

形容詞

Congolese (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state.
   • 2012, Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too, →ISBN:

     Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the Portuguese representatives that some European traders were enslaving all African citizens,

   1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people.

      Synonym: Congo-Brazzavillean

   2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people.

      Synonym: Congo-Kinshasan

等位語

• (Kinshasa): Zairean (historical)
• Congolian

派生語