organ

See also: Organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

The console of a pipe organ (musical instrument).

Etymology

From Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɡən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
• Hyphenation: or‧gan

Noun

organ (plural organs)

1. A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
2. (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
3. (music) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

4. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
5. A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi).
6. (slang) The penis.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:organ

Derived terms

Derived terms

• barrel organ
• church organ
• house organ
• hydraulic organ
• internal organ
• mouth organ

• pipe organ
• sense organ
• sex organ
• storage organ
• street organ

• string organ
• swell organ
• vital organ
• water organ
• wind organ

Related terms

Related terms

• organelle
• organic
• organise or organize

• organism
• organist

Translations

part of an organism

• Arabic: عُضُو‎ m (ʿuḍū)
• Armenian: օրգան (hy) (ōrgan)
• Asturian: muérganu m, órganu m
• Bengali: অঙ্গ (bn) (ônggô)
• Catalan: òrgan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 器官 (zh) (qìguān)

• Czech: orgán (cs) m
• Danish: organ (da)
• Dutch: orgaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: organo (eo)
• Faroese: gagn n
• Finnish: elin (fi)
• French: organe (fr) m
• Friulian: orghin m
• Galician: órgano (gl) m
• Georgian: ორგანო (organo)
• German: Organ (de) n
• Greek: όργανο (el) n (órgano)
• Haitian Creole: ògàn
• Hebrew: איבר‎ (he) m
• Hungarian: szerv (hu)
• Icelandic: líffæri (is) n
• Ido: organo (io)
• Italian: organo (it) m
• Japanese: 器官 (ja) (きかん, kikan)
• Korean: 기관 (ko) (gigwan) (器官 (ko))
• Latin: organum n

• Latvian: orgāns m
• Lithuanian: organas m
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: organ (no) n

  Nynorsk: organ n

• Persian: اندام‎ (fa) (andām)
• Polish: narząd (pl) m, organ (pl) m
• Portuguese: órgão (pt)
• Romanian: organ (ro) n
• Russian: о́рган (ru) m (órgan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀рга̄н m

  Roman: òrgān (sh) m

• Slovak: orgán m
• Slovene: organ (sl) m
• Spanish: órgano (es) m
• Swedish: organ (sv) n
• Tagalog: tatag
• Tamil: உறுப்பு (ta) (uṟuppu)
• Telugu: అంగము (te) (aṃgamu), అవయవము (te) (avayavamu)
• Turkish: organ (tr)
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: khí quan (器官)
• Walloon: organe m
• Welsh: organ (cy) m, f
• Yiddish: אָרגאַן‎ m (organ)

body of an organization

• Finnish: toimielin (fi), elin (fi)

• Friulian: argagn m

musical instrument

• Afrikaans: orrel (af)
• Arabic: أُرْغُن‎ (ar) m (ʾurḡun)
• Armenian: երգեհոն (hy) (ergehon)
• Asturian: muérganu m, órganu m
• Basque: organo
• Belarusian: арган m (arhan)
• Bulgarian: орган (bg) m (organ)
• Catalan: orgue (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風琴 (zh), 风琴 (zh) (fēngqín)

• Czech: varhany (cs) pl
• Danish: orgel (da) n
• Dutch: orgel (nl) n
• Esperanto: orgeno
• Estonian: orel (et)
• Faroese: urga f, orgul n
• Finnish: urut (fi) pl
• French: orgue (fr) m
• Friulian: organ m
• Galician: órgano (gl) m
• Georgian: ორგანი (organi), ორღანი (orɣani)
• German: Orgel (de) f
• Greek: εκκλησιαστικό όργανο n (ekklisiastikó órgano), όργανο (el) n (órgano)
• Hebrew: אורגן‎ (he) m, עוגב‎ (he) m
• Hindi: अंग (hi) m (aṅga)
• Hungarian: orgona (hu)
• Icelandic: orgel n
• Ido: orgeno (io)
• Indonesian: organ (id)
• Irish: orgán m
• Italian: organo (it) m
• Japanese: オルガン (ja) (orugan), 風琴 (ja) (ふうきん, fūkin)
• Korean: 오르간 (oreugan)
• Latin: organum tubulatum n
• Latvian: ērģeles f pl

• Lithuanian: vargonai m pl
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Uergel (lb)
• Macedonian: оргула f (orgula)
• Malay: organ
• Maori: ōkana
• Norman: orgue m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: orgel n

  Nynorsk: orgel n

• Persian: ارگ‎ (fa) (org), ارغنون‎ (fa) (arghanun) (archaic)
• Polish: organy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: órgão (pt)
• Romanian: orgă (ro) f
• Russian: орга́н (ru) m (orgán)
• Scottish Gaelic: òrgan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀ргуље f pl

  Roman: òrgulje (sh) f pl

• Slovak: organ m
• Slovene: orgle (sl) f pl
• Spanish: órgano (es) m
• Swedish: orgel (sv) c
• Tagalog: organo (tl)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: సంగీతపు పెట్టె (saṃgītapu peṭṭe)
• Thai: ออร์แกน (th)
• Turkish: org (tr)
• Ukrainian: орга́н (uk) m (orhán)
• Vietnamese: đàn ooc-gan
• Volapük: gel (vo)
• Walloon: ôre (wa) f
• Welsh: organ (cy) m, f
• West Frisian: oargel n

official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication

• Armenian: մարմին (hy) (marmin), օրգան (hy) (ōrgan)
• Dutch: orgaan (nl) n
• Faroese: málgagn n, urga f (derogatory)
• Finnish: äänenkannattaja (fi)
• German: Organ (de) n
• Icelandic: málgagn (is) n
• Italian: organo (it) m
• Lithuanian: organas m
• Macedonian: орган m (organ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: organ (no) n

  Nynorsk: organ n

• Persian: ترجمان‎ (fa) (tarjomān)
• Polish: organ (pl) m
• Portuguese: publicação oficial f
• Russian: о́рган (ru) m (órgan)
• Spanish: publicación oficial f
• Swedish: organ (sv) n
• Telugu: అంగము (te) (aṃgamu)
• Turkish: organ (tr)

species of cactus

• Finnish: Stenocereus thurberi, also urkupillikaktus

• Spanish: órgano (es) m

words derived from "organ" and meaning "penis"

• Finnish: elin (fi)

Further reading

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

Verb

organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
   • Bishop Mannyngham

     Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, rango

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum

Noun

organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ or organer, definite plural organa or organene)

1. (anatomy, biology) an organ
2. an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3. a body (e.g. an advisory body)

See also

• orgel (musical instrument)

References

• “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum

Noun

organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ, definite plural organa)

1. (anatomy, biology) an organ
2. an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3. a body (e.g. an advisory body)

See also

• orgel (musical instrument)

References

• “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ɡan/

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Noun

organ m inan

1. organ, part of an organism
2. (by extension) unit of government dedicated to a specific function
3. (politics) organ, official publication of a political organization

Declension

declension of organ

	singular	plural
nominative	organ	organy
genitive	organu	organów
dative	organowi	organom
accusative	organ	organy
instrumental	organem	organami
locative	organie	organach
vocative	organie	organy

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Romanian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ὄργανος (órganos), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Slavic oruganu. Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. orgă), Italian organum, Italian organo.

Noun

organ n (plural organe)

1. organ (part of organism)
2. (archaic) organ (musical instrument)

Declension

declension of organ

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) organ	organul	(niște) organe	organele
genitive/dative	(unui) organ	organului	(unor) organe	organelor
vocative	organule		organelor

Synonyms

• (musical instrument): orgă

See also

• mădular

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	organ	organet	organ	organen
Genitive	organs	organets	organs	organens

Related terms

Related terms

• föreningsorgan
• nyhetsorgan

• organdonation
• partiorgan