organe

organe

1. plural of orgaan

Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of orgue, an older borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡan/

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organe m (plural organes)

1. (anatomy) organ (any part of the body)
2. organ (official publication)
3. subsystem (of mechanical parts)
4. body (of an organization), organ
5. voice (clarification of this definition is needed)

• organes génitaux
• organique
• organiser
  • organisation
• organisme

• “organe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• onagre, orange, rongea

• organ, orgayn, organt, orgene, orgeyn, orgyn, orgon, orgone, orgoyn, orgoun, orgun, orgne

From Old French organe, orgene, from Latin organum (“implement; musical instrument”). Doublet of organum.

organe (plural organes)

1. A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
2. (music) A keyboard instrument that produces sound by air moved through pipes; an organ.
3. (music) A melody sung in counterpoint or descant; organum.
4. A body part which performs a certain function; an organ.
5. A tool.

• (general musical instrument): instrument; organum; simphane; symphonye
• (body part): organal; instrument
• (tool): instrument

• organic
• organistre

• English: organ
  • → Japanese: オルガン (orugan)
  • → Korean: 오르간 (oreugan)
  • → Maori: ōkana
  • → Vietnamese: oóc-gan
• Scots: organ

• “organ(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2018.