# organ
## English
### 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

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːɡən/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɹɡən/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Homophone: Oregon (one pronunciation)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
* Hyphenation: or‧gan

### Noun

organ (plural organs)
* 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.
* (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
* (obsolete) A device, apparatus.
** 1656, Thomas Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy:This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.
* (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.
* An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
* Short for organ pipe cactus.
* A government organization; agency; authority.
* (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.
* (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.
* internal organ
* light organ
* sense organ
* sex organ
* storage organ
* vital organ
* barrel organ
* church organ
* mouth organ
* pipe organ
* street organ
* string organ
* swell organ
* theatre organ
* water organ (or hydraulic organ)
* wind organ
* house organ

#### Derived terms

* baroque organ
* Bidder's organ
* blow-organ
* Bojanus organ
* cat organ
* chair organ
* chamber organ
* chancel organ
* choir organ
* chord organ
* clonewheel organ
* electric organ
* electronic organ
* end-organ
* end organ
* gallery organ
* genital organ
* Hammond organ
* hand organ
* Hunter's organ
* intromittent organ
* Jacobson's organ
* Johnston's organ
* jook organ
* juke organ
* juxtaoral organ
* labyrinth organ
* language organ
* Lowrey organ
* male organ
* mouth-organ
* olfactory organ
* organ cactus
* organ console
* organ donation
* organ donor
* organelle (noun)
* organ grinder
* organ gun
* organ harmonium
* organ harvesting
* organ loft
* organ of Berlese
* organ of Chievitz
* organ of Corti
* organ of elimination
* organ of Rosenmüller
* organ of state
* organ of Zuckerkandl
* organ pipe
* organ-pipe cactus
* organ pleat
* organ-point
* organ point
* organ scholar
* organ screen
* organ stop
* organ system
* organ tablature
* organ transplant
* paratympanic organ
* portative organ
* positif organ
* positive organ
* positiv organ
* pump organ
* reed organ
* roller organ
* Sach's organ
* spermaceti organ
* Stalin's organ
* steam organ
* subcommissural organ
* vomeronasal organ

#### Related terms

* organic
* organise, organize
* organism
* organist

#### Descendants

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

#### Further reading

* “organ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “organ”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Verb

organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)
* (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

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔrɡan]
* Hyphenation: or‧gan

### Noun

organ
* organ:
** (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
** (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.
** an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
* mouthpiece, a spokesperson or medium aligned with an organisation.

#### Related terms

* organel
* organik
* organis
* organisasi
* organisatoris
* organogram
* reorganisasi

### Further reading

* “organ” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Noun

organ (Jawi spelling اورݢن, plural organ-organ, informal 1st possessive organku, 2nd possessive organmu, 3rd possessive organnya)
* organ:
** (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
** (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.
** 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
* 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)
* (anatomy, biology) an organ
* an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
* 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)
* (anatomy, biology) an organ
* an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
* a body (e.g. an advisory body)

#### Derived terms

* kjønnsorgan

### See also

* orgel (musical instrument)

### References

* “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin organum.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

organ m inan (related adjective organowy)
* organ (larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions)
    Synonym: narząd
* (government) organ (body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions)
* (politics) organ (official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization)
* (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action)
* (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (electronic instrument designed to replicate the pipe organ)

#### Related terms

* organista
* organistka

### Further reading

* organ in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* organy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* organ in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* organ in PWN's encyclopedia

## 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), Latin organum, Italian organo.

### Noun

organ n (plural organe)
* organ (part of organism)
* (archaic) organ (musical instrument)
    Synonym: orgă

#### See also

* mădular

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǒrɡaːn/
* Hyphenation: or‧gan

### Noun

òrgān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)
* organ (part of an organism)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔrɡan]
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### Noun

organ m inan (relational adjective organový)
* organ, pipe organ (electronic instrument designed to replicate the pipe organ)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “organ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

organ n
* (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
* (euphemistic) a penis
* a (state) body that performs societal functions
* (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
* an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)

#### Related terms

* föreningsorgan
* nyhetsorgan
* organdonation
* partiorgan

#### See also

* kuk

### 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: [ʔɔk̚˧˦ ɣaːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɔk̚˦˧˥ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɔk̚˦˥ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: oóc gan

### Noun

(classifier đàn) organ
* (Vietnam) keyboard (device with keys of a musical keyboard)

#### Synonyms

* (keyboard): đàn phím

### See also

* đại phong cầm

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔrɡan/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English organ.

#### Noun

organ f or m (plural organau)
* (music) organ

#### Noun

organ m or f (plural organau)
* (biology, anatomy) organ

##### Derived terms

* organau cenhedlu (“reproductive organs”)
* organeb (“organism”)
* organyn (“organelle”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English origan, from Latin origanum.

#### Alternative forms

* organi, origan

#### Noun

organ m (plural organs)
* (obsolete) wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare)

##### Synonyms

* mintys y graig
* penrhudd

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “organ”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
* Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “organ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies