organ
The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functionsThe larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
» Tom plays the organ very well.
Tom spielt sehr gut Orgel.
Том очень хорошо играет на органе.
Том дуже добре грає на органі.
Meaning
8 sensesThe larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
bodily organs
vital organ
Organ
о́рганórgan
о́рганórhan
(broadly)A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
Organ
о́рганórgan, учрежде́ниеučreždénije
о́рганórhan
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.
Orgel
орга́нorgán
орга́нorhán
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
Organ
о́рганórgan
о́рганórhan
A government organization; agency; authority.
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
(slang)The penis.
(historical)An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
(obsolete)A device, apparatus.
Examples
132 sentencesTom plays the organ very well.
Том дуже добре грає на органі.
ruТом очень хорошо играет на органе.
deTom spielt sehr gut Orgel.
Aren't you able to play the organ?
Хіба ти не вмієш грати на органі?
ruТы не умеешь играть на органе?
deKannst du nicht Orgel spielen?
We like to go to organ concerts.
Нам подобається ходити на органні концерти.
I play the organ.
Я граю на органі.
ruЯ играю на орга́не.
I can't play the organ.
Я не вмію грати на органі.
ruЯ не умею играть на органе.
deIch kann nicht Orgel spielen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English organe, from Old French organe and Old English organ, both from LatinFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: organsSynonyms
7 synonyms- 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:pipe organ
- a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows:harmoniumreed organ
- (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ:electric organelectronic organHammond organ