English

Proper noun

Kong

1. A town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.
2. A fictional gigantic gorilla from the story King Kong

Anagrams

• gonk

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔŋ/

Etymology

Min Nan Hokkien 鄺.

Proper noun

Kong

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

English

Noun

kong ‎(plural kongs)

1. In the game of mahjong, a set of four identical tiles.

Anagrams

• gonk

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoŋɡ]

Verb

kong

1. (intransitive) to resound

Conjugation

Related terms

• kondít
• kondul
• kongat

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

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.

Norwegian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaun

Noun

kong

1. boil, carbuncle, abscess

Inflection

Etymology 2

From konge ‎(“king”)

Noun

kong ‎(indeclinable)

1. The titular prefix given to a king

   kong Haakon VII

Related terms

• konge

References

• “kong” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kong” in The Ordnett Dictionary