organisation

See also: Organisation

English

Alternative forms

• organization (US)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation, equivalent to organise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

  • Audio (California):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌoː.ɡə.nɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˌoː.ɡə.nɑe̯ˈzæɪ.ʃən]

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.
   • 2003, Peter Gronn, The New Work of Educational Leaders:

     […] a number of commentators have noted how, during meetings and in committees, for example, organisation members often experience an attack of the sillies by playing the fool and horsing around.

   • 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 April 2020:

     We know that many male City employees still go to lapdancing clubs for a fun night out. We know City organisations have struggled in their vaunted attempts to get more women on boards.

   • 2023 February 4, Amelia Tait, “‘It’s a control thing’: why are we so fascinated by super-organised homes?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 March 2023:

     Although excessive organisation began as a hobby of the ultra-wealthy (Shearer and Teplin once sorted Reese Witherspoon’s closet, and charge more than £200 an hour for their services), storage-stuffed homes are increasingly commonplace.

Derived terms

• intermicronational organisation
• member organisation
• micronational organisation
• reorganisation

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

Danish

Noun

organisation c (singular definite organisationen, plural indefinite organisationer)

1. organization

Declension

Declension of organisation

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	organisation	organisationen	organisationer	organisationerne
genitive	organisations	organisationens	organisationers	organisationernes

Further reading

• “organisation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From organiser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Quebec):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation internationale
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• → German: Organisation
  • → Romanian: organizație
• Haitian Creole: òganizasyon
• → Polish: organizacja, organizacyja (Middle Polish), organizacya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
  • → Kashubian: òrganizacjô
• → Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

organisation c

1. organization (of something)

   Synonym: organisering

2. an organization (a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules)

Declension

Declension of organisation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	organisation	organisations
	definite	organisationen	organisationens
plural	indefinite	organisationer	organisationers
	definite	organisationerna	organisationernas

Synonyms

• internationell organisation
• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• mellanfolklig organisation
• mellanstatlig organisation
• riksorganisation
• terrororganisation

Derived terms

• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori

Related terms

• organisatorisk
• organisatör
• organisera

References

• “organisation”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “organisation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)