organ

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.

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

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

organ (plural organs)

1. 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.

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[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.

4. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
5. Short for organ pipe cactus.
6. A government organization; agency; authority.
7. (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.

8. (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.

See also Thesaurus:organ.

• → Korean: 오르간 (oreugan)
• → Maori: ōkana
• → Vietnamese: oóc-gan

• organ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “organ”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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.
   • 1681, Thomas Manningham, Two Discourses:

     Thou art elemented and organ'd for other apprehensions.

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, rag on, rango

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔrɡan]
• Hyphenation: or‧gan

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.

• “organ” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

organ (Jawi spelling اورݢن‎, plural organ-organ, informal 1st possessive organku, 2nd possessive organmu, 3rd possessive organnya)

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.

• “organ” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

organ

1. Alternative form of organe

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

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)

• kjønnsorgan

• orgel (musical instrument)

• “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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)

• kjønnsorgan

• orgel (musical instrument)

• “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ɡan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɡan
• Syllabification: or‧gan

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

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

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.

organ n (plural organe)

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

• (musical instrument): orgă

• mădular

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

òrgān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)

1. organ (part of an organism)

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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)

• kuk

• organ in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• organ in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• organ in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• argon

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˧˧ ɣaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ˧˧ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic: o gan

(classifier đàn) organ

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

• (keyboard): đàn phím

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