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Synonyms for organ

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-guhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr gən

Top 10 synonyms for organ
Other synonyms for the word organ

Définition of organ

Origin :
  • fusion of late Old English organe, and Old French orgene (12c.), both meaning "musical instrument," both from Latin organa, plural of organum "a musical instrument," from Greek organon "implement, tool for making or doing; musical instrument; organ of sense, organ of the body," literally "that with which one works," from PIE *werg-ano-, from root *werg- "to do," related to Greek ergon "work" and Old English weorc (see urge (v.)).
  • Applied vaguely in late Old English to musical instruments; sense narrowed by late 14c. to the musical instrument now known by that name (involving pipes supplied with wind by a bellows and worked by means of keys), though Augustine (c.400) knew this as a specific sense of Latin organa. The meaning "body part adapted to a certain function" is attested from late 14c., from a Medieval Latin sense of Latin organum. Organist is first recorded 1590s; organ-grinder is attested from 1806.
  • noun means, tool
Example sentences :
  • It need hardly be said that in any case it was not Handel's practice to compose his works on an organ.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • For him the intellect as such is the organ of religious truth.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • He could hear the music of the organ, and presently the choir began to sing an anthem.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He took the organ daily, and copied, at home, the cathedral music.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • At that moment, to his excessive astonishment, the organ began to peal forth.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • You should make your paper the organ of some influential party.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
  • We quit at the Organ Pool about three o'clock of the afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • But there he sets and sets over that organ, trying to pick out tunes!
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
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