organ
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɡən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
- Hyphenation: or‧gan
Noun[edit]
organ (plural organs)
- A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- 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.
- (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
- (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.
- An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- Short for organ pipe cactus.
- (slang) The penis.
Hyponyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:organ.
Derived terms[edit]
- organelle (noun)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- organ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- organ in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Verb[edit]
organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
- Bishop Mannyngham
- Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.
- Bishop Mannyngham
Anagrams[edit]
- Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, rag on, rango
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
organ (plural organs)
- Alternative form of organe
References[edit]
- “organ(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin organum, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon),
Noun[edit]
organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ or organer, definite plural organa or organene)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- a body (e.g. an advisory body)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- orgel (musical instrument)
References[edit]
- “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum
Noun[edit]
organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ, definite plural organa)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- a body (e.g. an advisory body)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- orgel (musical instrument)
References[edit]
- “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
organ m inan
- organ, part of an organism
- (by extension) unit of government dedicated to a specific function
- (politics) organ, official publication of a political organization
Declension[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Byzantine Greek ὄργανος (órganos), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Slavic *orъganъ. Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. orgă), Italian organum, Italian organo.
Noun[edit]
organ n (plural organe)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (musical instrument): orgă
See also[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
òrgān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)
- organ (part of an organism)
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
organ n
- (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
- (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
- Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
- an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)
Declension[edit]
Declension of organ | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | organ | organet | organ | organen |
Genitive | organs | organets | organs | organens |
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Anagrams[edit]
- English terms derived from the PIE root *werǵ-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Musical instruments
- English short forms
- English slang
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English transitive verbs
- en:Biology
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- nb:Anatomy
- nb:Biology
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- nn:Anatomy
- nn:Biology
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- pl:Politics
- Romanian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Slavic languages
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian terms with archaic senses
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Anatomy
- Swedish dated terms