organ
Syllables: or·ganUK/ˈɔːɡən//ˈoɹɡən/
organ noun: the larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. Also the ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
Noun
organ (plural organs)
- The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- bodily organs
- vital organ
- A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
- A device, apparatus.
- This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy
- 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.
- 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.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- A government organization; agency; authority.
- The penis.
- 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.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 81
- An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
- 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.1790, H. Compton, A particular account of the European military adventurers of Hindustan, from 1784 to 1803, page 61
Verb
organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)
- To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
- [W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]1681, Tho[mas] Maunyngham, Two Discourses, London: Will[iam] Cademan, page 89
Proper noun capitalized: Organ
Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)
Also used as
organ is also the ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
organ meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
organ in Hindi
- part of an organism
- अंग aṅg, ऑर्गन ŏrgan
- musical instrument
- ऑर्गन ŏrgan
organ in Tamil
- part of an organism
- உறுப்பு uṟuppu
- musical instrument
- ஓர்கன் ōrkaṉ
organ in Marathi
- part of an organism
- इंद्रिय indriy, अंग aṅga
- musical instrument
- ऑर्गन ŏrgan
organ in Urdu
- part of an organism
- عُضْو 'uzv, اَن٘گ aṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- organ in Bengali
- অঙ্গ oṅgo
- organ in Telugu
- అంగము aṅgamu, అవయవము avayavamu, సంగీతపు పెట్టె saṅgītapu peṭṭe
- organ in Sanskrit
- अङ्ग aṅga
- organ in Assamese
- অংগ oṅgo
- organ in Pashto
- اندام andãm, ارګان orgān, عضو ózwə
- organ in Tagalog
- tatag, organo
- organ in Arabic
- عُضْو ʕuḍw, عِضْو ʕiḍw, جِهَاز jihāz, جَهَاز jahāz
- organ in Malay
- organ
- organ in Indonesian
- organ
- organ in Thai
- อวัยวะ à-wai-yá-wá, องค์ ong, ออร์แกน ɔɔ-gɛɛn
- organ in Vietnamese
- cơ quan, oóc-gan, cơ quan ngôn luận, tạp chí ngôn luận
- organ in Myanmar
- အင်္ဂါ angga, အော်ဂန် augan
Examples of organ in a sentence
- The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.
- Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards.
- A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.
Forms of organ
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | organs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | organs |
| present participle | organing |
| past participle | organed |
| past | organed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Organs |
Origin of 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.
From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.
Words formed from organ
- adenoid organ
- baroque organ
- Bidder's organ
- bioorgan
- blow-organ
- Bojanus organ
- cat organ
- chair organ
- chamber organ
- chancel organ
- choir organ
- chord organ
- clonewheel organ
- Cuvierian organ
- electric organ
- electronic organ
- end-organ
- end organ
- gallery organ
- genital organ
- Golgi organ
- Golgi's organ
- Golgi tendon organ
- Hammond organ
- hand organ
- Hunter's organ
- interorgan
- intraorgan
- intromittent organ
- Jacobson's organ
- Johnston's organ
- jook organ
- juke organ
- juxtaoral organ
- labyrinth organ
- language organ
- Lowrey organ
- male organ
- mouth-organ
- multiorgan
- olfactory organ
- organbird
- organbuilder
- organbuilding
- organ cactus
- organ console
- organ donation
- organ donor
- organelle
- organette
- organ grinder
- organ gun
- organ harmonium
- organ harvesting
- organification
- organify
- organity
- organlegger
- organless
- organlike
Phrases with organ
- X organ
- sex organ
- organ guns
- organ loft
- organ pipe
- organ stop
- pipe organ
- pump organ
- reed organ
- house organ
- light organ
- mouth organ
62 more phrasesFewer phrases
- organ lofts
- organ pipes
- organ pleat
- organ point
- organ stops
- sense organ
- steam organ
- swell organ
- vital organ
- water organ
- barrel organ
- church organ
- organ donors
- organ pleats
- organ points
- organ screen
- organ system
- roller organ
- Sach's organ
- street organ
- string organ
- virile organ
- organ scholar
- organ screens
- organ systems
- positif organ
- positiv organ
- storage organ
- theatre organ
- internal organ
- organ consoles
- organ grinders
- organ of Corti
- organ of state
- organ scholars
- positive organ
- Stalin's organ
- temporal organ
- hydraulic organ
- organ donations
- organ tablature
- portative organ
- organ harmoniums
- organ of Berlese
- organ pipe cacti
- organ transplant
- spermaceti organ
- organ of Chievitz
- organ pipe cactus
- organ transplants
- vomeronasal organ
- organ of Tömösváry
- paratympanic organ
- postantennal organ
- organ pipe cactuses
- organ of elimination
- organ of Rosenmüller
- organ of Zuckerkandl
- subcommissural organ
- pelvic suctorial organ
- the organ grinder, not the monkey
- the organ grinders, not the monkeys
Words that rhyme with organ
Questions about organ
- What does organ mean?
- Organ means the larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- What is organ in Hindi?
- Organ in Hindi is अंग (aṅg), ऑर्गन (ŏrgan). See Organ meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is organ?
- Organ can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce organ?
- Organ is pronounced /ˈɔːɡən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of organ?
- The plural of organ is organs.
Words near organ in the dictionary
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