English Etymology From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὄργανον ( órganon , “ tool, instrument ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ( “ work ” ) .
Pronunciation enPR : ôr′gənĭzəm Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 157 : You must now specify a language code in 1=; alternatively, use the a= param of Template:IPA IPA (key ) : /ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 157 : You must now specify a language code in 1=; alternatively, use the a= param of Template:IPA IPA (key ) : /ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ Noun organism (plural organisms
( biology ) living thing, such as animal , plant , fungus or microorganism .
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere ”, in The Economist 408 , number 8845 :Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
( by extension ) complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.Hyponyms Derived terms Translations living thing
Albanian: organizëm (sq) m
Arabic: ( indefinite ) مُتَعَضٍّ f ( mutaʕaḍḍin ) , ( definite ) الْمُتَعَضِّي f ( al-mutaʕaḍḍī ) , عُضْوِيَّة f ( ʕuḍwiyya ) , مَوْجُود (ar) m ( mawjūd )
Aragonese: organismo m
Armenian: օրգանիզմ (hy) ( ōrganizm )
Assamese: জীৱ ( ziwô )
Asturian: organismu m
Azerbaijani: orqanizm
Bashkir: организм ( organizm )
Basque: organismo
Belarusian: аргані́зм m ( arhanízm )
Bengali: জীব ( jib )
Bulgarian: органи́зъм (bg) m ( organízǎm )
Catalan: organisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 生物 ( sang1 mat6 )
Mandarin: 生物 (zh) ( shēngwù ) , 有機體 ／ 有机体 (zh) ( yǒujītǐ ) , 有机体 (zh) ( yǒujītǐ )
Min Nan: 生物 (zh-min-nan) ( seng-bu̍t )
Czech: organismus (cs) m
Danish: organisme (da) c
Dutch: organisme (nl) n
Esperanto: organismo (eo)
Estonian: organism (et) , elusorganism elusolend
Faroese: vera (fo) f lívvera f skepna f
Finnish: eliö (fi) , organismi (fi)
French: organisme (fr) m
Galician: organismo (gl) m
Georgian: ორგანიზმი ( organizmi )
German: Organismus (de) m Lebewesen (de) n
Greek: οργανισμός (el) m ( organismós )
Haitian Creole: òganis
Hebrew: אוֹרְגָּנִיזְם (he) m ( organizm ) , יְצוּר (he) m ( yetsur )
Hindi: जीव (hi) m ( jīv )
Hungarian: organizmus (hu) , élőlény (hu)
Icelandic: lífvera (is) f
Ido: organismo (io)
Indonesian: organisme (id)
Interlingua: organismo
Irish: orgánach m
Italian: organismo (it) m
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 生物 (ja) ( せいぶつ, seibutsu ) , 有機体 ( ゆうきたい, yūkitai )
Kazakh: ағза ( ağza ) , организм ( organizm )
Khmer: ភាវរស់ ( phiəvĕəʼrŭəh )
Korean: 생물 (ko) ( saengmul ) , 유기체 (ko) ( yugiche )
Kyrgyz: организм ( organizm )
Lao: ສິ່ງມີຊີວິດ (lo) ( sing mī sī wit )
Latin: organismus m
Latvian: organisms m
Lithuanian: organizmas m
Macedonian: органи́зам m ( organízam )
Malay: organisma
Maori: rauropi kaiao
Norwegian:
Bokmål: organisme (no) m
Nynorsk: organisme m
Persian: سازواره (fa) ( sâzvâre )
Polish: organizm (pl) m
Portuguese: organismo (pt) m
Romanian: organism (ro) n
Russian: органи́зм (ru) m ( organízm )
Samogitian: uorganėzmos m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: организам m
Roman: organìzam (sh) m
Slovak: organizmus (sk) m
Slovene: organizem (sl) m
Spanish: organismo (es) m
Swedish: organism (sv) c
Tagalog: tataghay bagahay
Tajik: организм ( organizm )
Telugu: జీవి (te) ( jīvi )
Thai: สิ่งมีชีวิต ( sìng-mii-chii-wít )
Turkish: organizma (tr) , canlı (tr)
Turkmen: organizm
Ukrainian: органі́зм (uk) m ( orhanízm )
Uzbek: organizm (uz)
Vietnamese: sinh vật (vi)
Welsh: organeb (cy) f
Yiddish: אָרגאַניזם m ( organizm )
any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.
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