noun, masculine/kɔ̃.ʒe/plural: congés
leave (time off, absence from work, etc.); holiday, day off; furlough
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”).