organ
/ˈoɹɡən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
noun
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.
noun
An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
noun
noun
Example Sentences
- "bodily organs"
- "vital organ"
- "No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ."
- "This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-der. Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon)bor. Latin organumder. Old French organebor. Middle English organe English 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoɹɡən/
- British English: /ˈɔːɡən/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology.