Organ Definition

ôrgən
organs
noun
organs
A large wind instrument consisting of various sets of pipes which, as they are opened by corresponding keys on one or more keyboards, allow passage to a column of compressed air that causes sound by vibration.
Webster's New World
Any of several musical instruments producing similar or somewhat similar sounds.
Webster's New World
Any musical instrument; esp., a wind instrument.
Webster's New World
In animals and plants, a part composed of specialized tissues and adapted to the performance of a specific function or functions.
Webster's New World
A means or instrument for the performance of some action.
An organ of local government.
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
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Other Word Forms of Organ

Noun

Singular:
organ
Plural:
organs

Origin of Organ

  • From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (organon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ"), from *ἔργειν (ergein, “to work").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French organe and from Old English organe both from Latin organum tool, instrument from Greek organon werg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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