name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
organ
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɡən/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈoɹɡən/
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California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈoːɡən/
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homophone: Oregon (one pronunciation)
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
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CMU ARPABET: AO1 R G AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- bodily organs
- vital organ
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
A device, apparatus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A government organization; agency; authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
The penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electronic instrument, electronic musical instrument
noun
Meaning 14
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harmonium, reed organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: free-reed instrument
noun
Meaning 15
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pipe organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keyboard instrument, wind instrument, wind
noun
Meaning 16
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: ovipositor, siphon, syphon, ctene, comb-plate, wing, foot, invertebrate foot, sucker, stinger, contractile organ, contractor, primordium, anlage, vital organ, vitals, effector, external organ, internal organ, viscus, sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor, tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper, speech organ, vocal organ, organ of speech, lens, crystalline lens, lens of the eye, gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter, organelle, cell organelle, cell organ, end organ, reproductive organ, sex organ, target organ, taret organ, erectile organ
noun
Meaning 17
a periodical that is published by a special interest group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the organ of the communist party
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: periodical
Narrower terms: house organ
noun
Meaning 18
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
History
Etymology
From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organumder. Old French organebor. Middle English organe English organ From Middle English organe, from Old French organe and Old English organ, both 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.
Across languages
Translations
268 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: orgaan — part of an organism
- Albanian: organ — part of an organism
- Albanian: ndërjetës — part of an organism
- Western Apache: bibiiyeʼ — part of an organism
- Arabic: عُضْو (ʕuḍw) — part of an organism
- Arabic: عِضْو (ʕiḍw) — part of an organism
- Arabic: جِهَاز (jihāz) — part of an organism
- Arabic: جَهَاز (jahāz) — part of an organism
- Armenian: օրգան (ōrgan) — part of an organism
- Assamese: অংগ (oṅgo) — part of an organism
- Asturian: muérganu — part of an organism
- Asturian: órganu — part of an organism
- Azerbaijani: عضو (üzv, üzvü) — part of an organism
- Azerbaijani: اعضا (âaza) — part of an organism
- Azerbaijani: əza — part of an organism
- Azerbaijani: orqan — part of an organism
- Azerbaijani: üzv — part of an organism
- Belarusian: о́рган (órhan) — part of an organism
- Bengali: অঙ্গ (oṅgo) — part of an organism
- Bhojpuri: अंग (aṅg) — part of an organism
- Bulgarian: о́рган (órgan) — part of an organism
- Burmese: အင်္ဂါ (angga) — part of an organism
- Carpathian Rusyn: о́рґан (órgan) — part of an organism
- Catalan: òrgan — part of an organism
- Chinese Mandarin: 器官 (qìguān) — part of an organism
- Czech: orgán — part of an organism
- Danish: organ — part of an organism
- Dutch: orgaan — part of an organism
- Esperanto: organo — part of an organism
- Estonian: organ — part of an organism
- Estonian: elund — part of an organism
- Faroese: gagn — part of an organism
- Finnish: elin — part of an organism
- French: organe — part of an organism
- Friulian: orghin — part of an organism
- Galician: órgano — part of an organism
- Georgian: ორგანო (organo) — part of an organism
- German: Organ — part of an organism
- Greek: όργανο (órgano) — part of an organism
- Ancient Greek: ὄργανον (órganon) — part of an organism
- Haitian Creole: ògàn — part of an organism
- Hebrew: אֵיבָר (eivár) — part of an organism
- Hindi: अंग (aṅg) — part of an organism
- Hindi: ऑर्गन (ŏrgan) — part of an organism
- Hungarian: szerv — part of an organism
- Icelandic: líffæri — part of an organism
- Ido: organo — part of an organism
- Ingrian: organa — part of an organism
- Italian: organo — part of an organism
- Japanese: 器官 (kikan) — part of an organism
- Kazakh: мүше (müşe) — part of an organism
- Kazakh: ағза (ağza) — part of an organism
- Khmer: សរីរាង្គ (saʼrəyriəng) — part of an organism
- Khmer: អង្គ (ʼɑng) — part of an organism
- Korean: 기관 (gigwan) — part of an organism
- Northern Kurdish: endam — part of an organism
- Kyrgyz: орган (organ) — part of an organism
- Kyrgyz: мүчө (mücö) — part of an organism
- Lao: ອະໄວຍະວະ (ʼa w wa) — part of an organism
- Lao: ອົງ (ʼong) — part of an organism
- Latin: viscus — part of an organism
- Latin: organum — part of an organism
- Latvian: orgāns — part of an organism
- Lithuanian: organas — part of an organism
- Macedonian: орган (organ) — part of an organism
- Malay: organ — part of an organism
- Marathi: इंद्रिय (indriy) — part of an organism
- Marathi: अंग (aṅga) — part of an organism
- Mongolian: эрхтэн (erxten) — part of an organism
- Norwegian Bokmål: organ — part of an organism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: organ — part of an organism
- Pashto: اندام (andãm) — part of an organism
- Pashto: ارګان (orgān) — part of an organism
- Pashto: عضو (ózwə) — part of an organism
- Iranian Persian: اَنْدام (andâm) — part of an organism
- Iranian Persian: عُضْو (ozv) — part of an organism
- Iranian Persian: جِهَاز (jehâz) — part of an organism
- Iranian Persian: جَهَاز (jahâz) — part of an organism
- Polish: narząd — part of an organism
- Polish: organ — part of an organism
- Portuguese: órgão — part of an organism
- Romanian: organ — part of an organism
- Russian: о́рган (órgan) — part of an organism
- Sanskrit: अङ्ग (aṅga) — part of an organism
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀рга̄н — part of an organism
- Serbo-Croatian: òrgān — part of an organism
- Slovak: orgán — part of an organism
- Slovene: organ — part of an organism
- Spanish: órgano — part of an organism
- Swahili: ogani — part of an organism
- Swedish: organ — part of an organism
- Tagalog: tatag — part of an organism
- Tagalog: organo — part of an organism
- Tajik: аъзо (a'zo) — part of an organism
- Tajik: узв (uzv) — part of an organism
- Tajik: андом (andom) — part of an organism
- Tamil: உறுப்பு (uṟuppu) — part of an organism
- Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu) — part of an organism
- Telugu: అవయవము (avayavamu) — part of an organism
- Thai: อวัยวะ (à-wai-yá-wá) — part of an organism
- Thai: องค์ (ong) — part of an organism
- Turkish: organ — part of an organism
- Ottoman Turkish: عضو ('uzv) — part of an organism
- Turkmen: organ — part of an organism
- Tuvan: орган (organ) — part of an organism
- Ukrainian: о́рган (órhan) — part of an organism
- Urdu: عُضْو ('uzv) — part of an organism
- Urdu: اَن٘گ (aṅg) — part of an organism
- Uyghur: ئەزا (eza) — part of an organism
- Uyghur: ئورگان (organ) — part of an organism
- Uzbek: aʼzo — part of an organism
- Uzbek: organ — part of an organism
- Uzbek: mucha — part of an organism
- Vietnamese: cơ quan — part of an organism
- Walloon: organe — part of an organism
- Welsh: organ — part of an organism
- Yakut: сэп (sep) — part of an organism
- Yiddish: אָרגאַן (organ) — part of an organism
- Arabic: جِهَاز (jihāz) — body of an organization
- Arabic: جَهَاز (jahāz) — body of an organization
- Azerbaijani: orqan — body of an organization
- Belarusian: о́рган (órhan) — body of an organization
- Bulgarian: о́рган (órgan) — body of an organization
- Chinese Mandarin: 機關 /机关 (jīguān) — body of an organization
- Chinese Mandarin: 機構 /机构 (jīgòu) — body of an organization
- Czech: orgán — body of an organization
- Dutch: orgaan — body of an organization
- Estonian: organ — body of an organization
- Finnish: toimielin — body of an organization
- Finnish: elin — body of an organization
- French: organe — body of an organization
- Friulian: argagn — body of an organization
- German: Organ — body of an organization
- Hungarian: szerv — body of an organization
- Hungarian: szervezet — body of an organization
- Hungarian: testület — body of an organization
- Hungarian: intézmény — body of an organization
- Japanese: 機関 (kikan) — body of an organization
- Korean: 기관 (gigwan) — body of an organization
- Latvian: orgāns — body of an organization
- Lithuanian: organas — body of an organization
- Iranian Persian: اُرْگان (orgân) — body of an organization
- Polish: organ — body of an organization
- Russian: о́рган (órgan) — body of an organization
- Russian: учрежде́ние (učreždénije) — body of an organization
- Slovak: orgán — body of an organization
- Spanish: órgano — body of an organization
- Turkish: organ — body of an organization
- Ukrainian: о́рган (órhan) — body of an organization
- Uzbek: organ — body of an organization
- Vietnamese: cơ quan — body of an organization
- Afrikaans: orrel — musical instrument
- Arabic: أُرْغُن (ʔurḡun) — musical instrument
- Armenian: երգեհոն (ergehon) — musical instrument
- Asturian: muérganu — musical instrument
- Asturian: órganu — musical instrument
- Azerbaijani: orqan — musical instrument
- Azerbaijani: ərgənun — musical instrument
- Basque: organo — musical instrument
- Belarusian: арга́н (arhán) — musical instrument
- Bulgarian: о́рган (órgan) — musical instrument
- Burmese: အော်ဂန် (augan) — musical instrument
- Catalan: orgue — musical instrument
- Chichewa: chiyimbiro — musical instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 風琴 /风琴 (fēngqín) — musical instrument
- Czech: varhany — musical instrument
- Danish: orgel — musical instrument
- Dutch: orgel — musical instrument
- Esperanto: orgeno — musical instrument
- Estonian: orel — musical instrument
- Faroese: urga — musical instrument
- Faroese: orgul — musical instrument
- Finnish: urut — musical instrument
- French: orgue — musical instrument
- West-Frisian: oargel — musical instrument
- Friulian: organ — musical instrument
- Galician: órgano — musical instrument
- Galician: orgo — musical instrument
- Georgian: ორგანი (organi) — musical instrument
- Georgian: ორღანი (orɣani) — musical instrument
- German: Orgel — musical instrument
- German: Oorgele — musical instrument
- Greek: εκκλησιαστικό όργανο (ekklisiastikó órgano) — musical instrument
- Greek: όργανο (órgano) — musical instrument
- Hebrew: אוֹרְגָּן (orgán) — musical instrument
- Hebrew: עוּגָב ('ugáv) — musical instrument
- Hindi: ऑर्गन (ŏrgan) — musical instrument
- Hungarian: orgona — musical instrument
- Icelandic: orgel — musical instrument
- Ido: orgeno — musical instrument
- Indonesian: organ — musical instrument
- Irish: orgán — musical instrument
- Italian: organo — musical instrument
- Japanese: オルガン (orugan) — musical instrument
- Japanese: 風琴 (fūkin) — musical instrument
- Korean: 오르간 (oreugan) — musical instrument
- Korean: 풍금 (punggeum) — musical instrument
- Latin: organum tubulatum — musical instrument
- Latin: organum — musical instrument
- Latvian: ērģeles — musical instrument
- Lithuanian: vargonai — musical instrument
- Luxembourgish: Uergel — musical instrument
- Macedonian: оргула (orgula) — musical instrument
- Malay: organ — musical instrument
- Māori: ōkana — musical instrument
- Māori: pūkeru — musical instrument
- Marathi: ऑर्गन (ŏrgan) — musical instrument
- Norman: orgue — musical instrument
- Norwegian Bokmål: orgel — musical instrument
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orgel — musical instrument
- Iranian Persian: اُرْگ (org) — musical instrument
- Iranian Persian: اَرْغَنون (arġanun) — musical instrument
- Polish: organy — musical instrument
- Portuguese: órgão — musical instrument
- Romanian: orgă — musical instrument
- Russian: орга́н (orgán) — musical instrument
- Scottish Gaelic: òrgan — musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀ргуље — musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: òrgulje — musical instrument
- Slovak: organ — musical instrument
- Slovene: orgle — musical instrument
- Spanish: órgano — musical instrument
- Swedish: orgel — musical instrument
- Tagalog: organo — musical instrument
- Tajik: арғунун (arġunun) — musical instrument
- Tamil: ஓர்கன் (ōrkaṉ) — musical instrument
- Telugu: సంగీతపు పెట్టె (saṅgītapu peṭṭe) — musical instrument
- Thai: ออร์แกน (ɔɔ-gɛɛn) — musical instrument
- Turkish: org — musical instrument
- Ukrainian: орга́н (orhán) — musical instrument
- Vietnamese: oóc-gan — musical instrument
- Volapük: gel — musical instrument
- Walloon: ôre — musical instrument
- Welsh: organ — musical instrument
- Yiddish: אָרגעל (orgel) — musical instrument
- Zealandic: urgel — musical instrument
- Armenian: մարմին (marmin) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Armenian: օրգան (ōrgan) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Belarusian: о́рган (órhan) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Bulgarian: о́рган (órgan) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Danish: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Dutch: orgaan — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Faroese: málgagn — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Faroese: urga — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Finnish: äänenkannattaja — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- German: Organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Hungarian: orgánum — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Hungarian: sajtóorgánum — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Icelandic: málgagn — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Italian: organo — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Lithuanian: organas — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Macedonian: орган (organ) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Norwegian Bokmål: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Norwegian Nynorsk: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Iranian Persian: تَرْجُمان (tarjomân) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Polish: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Portuguese: publicação oficial — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Russian: о́рган (órgan) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Spanish: publicación oficial — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Swedish: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Turkish: organ — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Ukrainian: о́рган (órhan) — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Vietnamese: cơ quan ngôn luận — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Vietnamese: tạp chí ngôn luận — official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Finnish: urkupillikaktus — species of cactus
- Spanish: órgano — species of cactus
- Finnish: elin — words derived from "organ" and meaning "penis"
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