organe
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- A device used to producemusic; a musical instrument.
- (music) A keyboard instrument that produces sound by air moved through pipes; an organ.
- (music) A melody sung in counterpoint or descant; organum.
- A body part which performs a certain function; an organ.
- A tool.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French organe derived from Latin organum (organ, implement, instrument, tool, engine, musical instrument).
Origin
Latin
organum
Gloss
organ, implement, instrument, tool, engine, musical instrument
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioorgan English
- interorgan English
- intraorgan English
- labyrinth organ English
- light organ English
- multiorgan English
- organ English
- organ pipe English
- organbird English
- organelle English
- organette English
- organic English
- organify English
- organist English
- organity English
- organless English
- organlike English
- organoid English
- organology English
- organopathy English
- organule English
- organum English
- organwide English
- organizare, organizo Latin
- organizo, organizāre Latin
- organizō Latin
- organum Latin
- Organ German
- organo Italian
- organe French
- orgue French
- muérgano Spanish, Castilian
- órgano Spanish, Castilian
- ὄργανον Ancient Greek
- organ Norwegian Bokmål
- órgão Portuguese
- organic Middle English
- organum Middle English
- orgán Irish
- organe Old French
- organique Old French
- orgue Catalan, Valencian
- òrgan Catalan, Valencian
- orgo Galician
- ออร์แกน Thai
- organe Middle Dutch
- organo Ido
- oóc-gan Vietnamese
- 오르간 Korean
- muérganu Asturian
- vuarzine Friulian
- o̧kwōn Marshallese
- orgel Old Frisian