organ

See also Organ, and òrgan

English

Wikipedia

The console of a pipe organ (musical instrument).

Etymology

From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (organon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from *ἔργειν (ergein, “to work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔːɹ.ɡən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ɡən

Noun

organ (plural organs)

1. A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
2. (music) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed, or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
3. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
4. A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)
5. (slang) The penis.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:organ

Derived terms

• barrel organ
• house organ
• internal organ
• mouth organ
• sense organ
• sex organ
• storage organ
• swell organ
• vital organ

Related terms

• organelle
• organic
• organise or organize
• organism
• organist

Translations

part of an organism

Arabic: عضو (ar) (3uDuu) m. Armenian: օրգան (hy) (òrgan) Bengali: অঙ্গ (bn) (ônggô) Catalan: òrgan (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 器官 (cmn) (qìguān) Croatian: òrgān (hr) m. Czech: orgán (cs) m. Danish: organ (da) Dutch: orgaan (nl) n. Esperanto: organo (eo) Finnish: elin (fi) French: organe (fr) m. Georgian: ორგანო (ka) (organo) German: Organ (de) n. Haitian Creole: ògàn Hebrew: איבר (he) m. Hungarian: szerv (hu) Icelandic: líffæri (is) n. Ido: organo Italian: organo (it) m.

Japanese: 器官 (ja) (きかん, kikan) Korean: 기관 (ko) (gigwan) (器官 (ko)) Latin: organum (la) n. Latvian: orgāns m. Lithuanian: organas m. Luhya: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: орган (mk) (órgan) m. Norwegian: organ (no) Persian: اندام (fa) (andām) Polish: narząd (pl) m., organ (pl) m. Portuguese: órgão (pt) Romanian: organ (ro) n. Russian: орган (ru) (órgan) m. Slovene: organ (sl) m. Spanish: órgano (es) m. Swedish: organ (sv) n. Tamil: உறுப்பு (ta) (uruppu) Telugu: అంగము (te) (amgamu), అవయవము (te) (avayavamu) Turkish: organ (tr) Vietnamese: khí quan (vi) (器官 (vi)) Welsh: organ (cy) m. and f.

musical instrument

Afrikaans: orrel Arabic: أرغن (ar) ('úrghun) m. Armenian: երգեհոն (hy) (ergehon) Chinese: Mandarin: 風琴 (cmn), 风琴 (cmn) (fēngqín) Croatian: òrgulje (hr) f. Czech: varhany (cs) pl. Danish: orgel (da) n. Dutch: orgel (nl) n. Esperanto: orgeno Finnish: urut (fi) pl. French: orgue (fr) m. Galician: órgano (gl) m. Georgian: ორღან (ka) (orḡan) German: Orgel (de) f. Hebrew: אורגן m., עוגב m. Hindi: अंग (hi) (aṅga) m. Hungarian: orgona (hu) Icelandic: orgel (is) n. Ido: orgeno Indonesian: organ (id) Irish: orgán (ga) m. Italian: organo (it) m.

Japanese: オルガン (ja) (orugan) Latin: organum tubulatum n. Latvian: ērģeles f. pl. Luhya: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: Uergel Malay: organ (ms) Norwegian: orgel (no) Persian: ارغنون (arghanun) Polish: organy (pl) pl. Portuguese: órgão (pt) Romanian: orgă (ro) f. Russian: орган (ru) (orgán) m. Slovene: orgle (sl) f. pl. Spanish: órgano (es) m. Swedish: orgel (sv) c. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: please add this translation if you can Turkish: org (tr) Vietnamese: cơ quan (vi) Volapük: gel (vo) Welsh: organ (cy) West Frisian: oargel n.

magazine, newsletter, or similar publication

Armenian: մարմին (hy) (marmin), օրգան (hy) (òrgan) Dutch: orgaan (nl) n. Finnish: äänenkannattaja (fi) German: Organ (de) n. Italian: organo (it) m. Lithuanian: organas m. Macedonian: орган (mk) (órgan) m.

Persian: ترجمان (tarjomān) Polish: organ (pl) m. Russian: орган (ru) (órgan) m. Spanish: publicación oficial f. Swedish: organ (sv) n. Telugu: అంగము (te) (amgamu) Turkish: organ (tr)

Species of cactus

Spanish: órgano (es) m.

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Lithuanian: vargonai m.

External links

• organ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• organ in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• argon
• Goran
• groan

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Romanian

Noun

organ n.

1. organ

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǒrɡaːn/
• Hyphenation: or‧gan

Noun

òrgān m. (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)

1. organ (part of an organism)

Declension

    declension of organ

	singular	plural
nominative	òrgān	organi
genitive	organa	orgána
dative	organu	organima
accusative	organ	organe
vocative	organe	organi
locative	organu	organima
instrumental	organom	organima

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Noun

organ n.

1. (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
2. (dated) a voice (of a singer or actor)

   Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst

   She combined with excellent theatrical looks a high degree of intelligence, an extraordinary voice and a splendid mastery of declamation

3. an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)

Declension

Declension of organ

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	organ	organet	organ	organen
genitive	organs	organets	organs	organens

Related terms

• föreningsorgan
• nyhetsorgan
• organdonation
• partiorgan