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See also: Organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

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The console of a pipe organ (musical instrument).

Etymology

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From Middle English organe, 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-. Doublet of organon, organum, and orgue.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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organ (plural organs)

  2. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
    bodily organs
    vital organ
    • 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 98:
      No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ.
  3. (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
  4. (obsolete) A device, apparatus.
    • 1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy:
      This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.
  5. (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[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      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.
  6. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  7. Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
  8. A government organization; agency; authority.
  9. (slang) The penis.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 81:
      If the Snake has an unmistakeable resemblance to the male organ in its active state, the foliage of the tree or bush is equally remindful of the female.
  10. (historical, military) An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
    • 1790, H. Compton, A particular account of the European military adventurers of Hindustan, from 1784 to 1803, page 61:
      Lieutenant Roberts was also severely wounded by a missile, or weapon called an Organ, which is composed of about thirty-six gun barrels so joined as to fire at once.

Hyponyms

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See also Thesaurus:organ.
of the biological sense
of the sense “a musical instrument”
of the sense “a medium of communication”

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: オルガン (orugan)
  • → Korean: 오르간 (oreugan)
  • → Maori: ōkana
  • → Vietnamese: oóc-gan

Translations

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body of an organization

Further reading

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Verb

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

  2. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
    • 1681, Tho[mas] Maunyngham, Two Discourses‎[1], London: Will[iam] Cademan, page 89:
      [W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels!  […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions  […]

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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organ

  1. organ:
    1. (biology) a larger 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 (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such
    3. an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization
  2. mouthpiece, a spokesperson or medium aligned with an organisation
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Malay

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Noun

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organ (Jawi spelling اورݢن, plural organ-organ or organ2)

  1. organ:
    1. (biology) a larger 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 (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
    3. an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

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Middle English

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Noun

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organ

  1. alternative form of organe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin organum, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

Noun

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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)

Derived terms

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See also

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  • orgel (musical instrument)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum.

Noun

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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)

Derived terms

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See also

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  • orgel (musical instrument)

References

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Polish

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organy

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin organum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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organ m inan (related adjective organowy)

  1. organ (larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions)
    Synonym: narząd
  2. (government) organ (body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions)
  3. (politics) organ (official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization)
  4. (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action)
  5. (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (electronic instrument designed to replicate the pipe organ)

Declension

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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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nouns

Further reading

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  • organ in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • organy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • organ in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • organ in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

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Etymology

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From Byzantine Greek ὄργανος (órganos), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Old Church Slavonic оръганъ (orŭganŭ). Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. orgă), Latin organum, Italian organo.

Noun

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organ n (plural organe)

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

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative organ organul organe organele
genitive-dative organ organului organe organelor
vocative organule organelor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒrɡaːn/
  • Hyphenation: or‧gan

Noun

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òrgān m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)

  1. organ (part of an organism)

Declension

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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

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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organ m inan (relational adjective organový)

  1. organ, pipe organ (electronic instrument designed to replicate the pipe organ)

Declension

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Declension of organ
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativeorganorgany
genitiveorganu,
organa		organov
dativeorganuorganom
accusativeorganorgany
locativeorganeorganoch
instrumentalorganomorganmi

Further reading

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  • “organ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

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Noun

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organ n

  1. (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
  2. (euphemistic) a penis
  3. a (state) body that performs societal functions
  4. (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
  5. an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)

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Declension of organ
nominative genitive
singular indefinite organ organs
definite organet organets
plural indefinite organ organs
definite organen organens
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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French organe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oɾˈɡan/
  • Hyphenation: or‧gan

Noun

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organ (definite accusative organı, plural organlar)

  1. (anatomy) organ
  2. organ (official publication)
  3. body (of an organization)

Declension

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Declension of organ
singular plural
nominative organ organlar
definite accusative organı organları
dative organa organlara
locative organda organlarda
ablative organdan organlardan
genitive organın organların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular organım organlarım
2nd singular organın organların
3rd singular organı organları
1st plural organımız organlarımız
2nd plural organınız organlarınız
3rd plural organları organları
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular organımı organlarımı
2nd singular organını organlarını
3rd singular organını organlarını
1st plural organımızı organlarımızı
2nd plural organınızı organlarınızı
3rd plural organlarını organlarını
dative
singular plural
1st singular organıma organlarıma
2nd singular organına organlarına
3rd singular organına organlarına
1st plural organımıza organlarımıza
2nd plural organınıza organlarınıza
3rd plural organlarına organlarına
locative
singular plural
1st singular organımda organlarımda
2nd singular organında organlarında
3rd singular organında organlarında
1st plural organımızda organlarımızda
2nd plural organınızda organlarınızda
3rd plural organlarında organlarında
ablative
singular plural
1st singular organımdan organlarımdan
2nd singular organından organlarından
3rd singular organından organlarından
1st plural organımızdan organlarımızdan
2nd plural organınızdan organlarınızdan
3rd plural organlarından organlarından
genitive
singular plural
1st singular organımın organlarımın
2nd singular organının organlarının
3rd singular organının organlarının
1st plural organımızın organlarımızın
2nd plural organınızın organlarınızın
3rd plural organlarının organlarının
Predicative forms
singular plural
1st singular organım organlarım
2nd singular organsın organlarsın
3rd singular organ
organdır 		organlar
organlardır
1st plural organız organlarız
2nd plural organsınız organlarsınız
3rd plural organlar organlardır

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier đàn) organ

  1. (Vietnam) keyboard (device with keys of a musical keyboard)

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English organ.

Noun

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organ f or m (plural organau)

  1. (music) organ

Noun

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organ m or f (plural organau)

  1. (biology, anatomy) organ
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English origan, from Latin origanum.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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organ m (plural organs)

  1. (obsolete) wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Synonyms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of organ
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
organ unchanged unchanged horgan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “organ”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎[2] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “organ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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