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单词 organ
释义

organ

See also: Organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

The console of a pipe organ (musical instrument).

Etymology

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

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɡən/
    • Homophone: Oregon (one pronunciation)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
  • Hyphenation: or‧gan

Noun

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 4293071:
      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.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:organ.
of the biological sense
  • internal organ
  • light organ
  • sense organ
  • sex organ
  • storage organ
  • vital organ
of the sense “a musical instrument”
  • barrel organ
  • church organ
  • mouth organ
  • pipe organ
  • street organ
  • string organ
  • swell organ
  • water organ (or hydraulic organ)
  • wind organ
of the sense “a medium of communication”
  • house organ

Derived terms

  • organelle (noun)
Related terms
  • organic
  • organise or organize
  • organism
  • organist

Descendants

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

Translations

body of an organization

Further reading

  • organ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • organ in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Verb

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.

Anagrams

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
  • organel
  • organik
  • organis
  • organisasi
  • organisatoris
  • organogram
  • reorganisasi

Further reading

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

Malay

Noun

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.

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

organ

  1. Alternative form of organe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  • kjønnsorgan

See also

  • orgel (musical instrument)

References

  • “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  • kjønnsorgan

See also

  • orgel (musical instrument)

References

  • “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.ɡan/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɡan
  • Syllabification: or‧gan

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of organ
singularplural
nominativeorganorgany
genitiveorganuorganów
dativeorganowiorganom
accusativeorganorgany
instrumentalorganemorganami
locativeorganieorganach
vocativeorganieorgany

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

organ n (plural organe)

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

Declension

Declension of organ
singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) organorganul(niște) organeorganele
genitive/dative(unui) organorganului(unor) organeorganelor
vocativeorganuleorganelor

Synonyms

  • (musical instrument): orgă

See also

  • mădular

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

òrgān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)

  1. organ (part of an organism)

Declension

Declension of organ
singularplural
nominativeòrgānorgani
genitiveorganaorgána
dativeorganuorganima
accusativeorganorgane
vocativeorganeorgani
locativeorganuorganima
instrumentalorganomorganima

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of organ 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativeorganorganetorganorganen
Genitiveorgansorganetsorgansorganens
Related terms
  • föreningsorgan
  • nyhetsorgan
  • organdonation
  • partiorgan

References

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

Anagrams

  • argon

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier đàn) organ

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

Synonyms

  • (keyboard): đàn phím

See also

  • đại phong cầm
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