congestion

congestion

See also: congestión

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, /-ˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/

Noun

congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)

1. The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
   1. An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

      network congestion

   2. (medicine) Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive

      arterial congestion

      venous congestion

      congestion of the lungs

2. An excess or accumulation of something
   1. An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

      traffic congestion

   2. (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
   3. edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels

Derived terms

• congestion charge
• congestion pricing
• nasal congestion
• rebound congestion

 

Related terms

• congest

Translations

accumulation, buildup

Bulgarian: натрупване (bg) n (natrupvane) Czech: nahromadění n, zahlcení n Danish: tilstopning c Dutch: verstopping (nl) f Galician: conxestión f Hebrew: גודש‎ (he) m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: xitimî (ku) Polish: zator (pl) m Russian: скопле́ние (ru) m (skoplénije) Slovak: nahromadenie n, nakopenie n, zahltenie n Spanish: congestión (es) f Swedish: anhopning (sv) c, sammanhopning c

excess of traffic

Bulgarian: задръстване (bg) n (zadrǎstvane) Czech: zácpa (cs) f Danish: trængsel c Dutch: opstopping (nl) f Finnish: ruuhka (fi), liikenneruuhka (fi) French: embouteillage (fr) m, bouchon (fr) m Galician: atasco m, atoamento (gl) m German: stockender Verkehr m, leichter Stau (de) m, leichter Verkehrsstau (de) m Hebrew: עומס תנועה‎ m Irish: brú tráchta m, plódú tráchta m Persian: ازدحام‎ (fa) (ezdehâm) Polish: zator (pl) m Russian: затор (ru) m (zator) Slovak: zápcha (sk) f, kongescia f Spanish: congestión (es) f, atasco (es) m Swedish: stockning (sv), trängsel (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Italian: (please verify) congestione (it) f

Further reading

• congestion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• congestion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• neognostic

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

congestion f (plural congestions)

1. congestion

Further reading

• “congestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Noun

congestion (uncountable)

1. congestion