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Synonyms for organs

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

Top 10 synonyms for organs
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Définition of organs

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 :
  • The candles had grown paler, and the noises of the street were drowned in the music of the organs.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • These organs may be invisible in the field of the microscope, but that is no proof that they do not exist.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • It has no organs of sight as I know them, but I feel that it can see me.
  • Extract from : « There is a Reaper ... » by Charles V. De Vet
  • The organs of treason and of infamy refer always to McClellan.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • These are termed "organs," and the whole together is called "organic."
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Do you think the rays can be so modified as to photograph the organs of the human body?
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • In this way she replaced the organs that were wanting, in a most peculiar and charming manner.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • These then may be truly said to be the ends of these organs?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Yet of all the organs of sense the eye is the most like the sun?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • No longer did she seem to communicate with Nature by other organs than did the rest of the human kind.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
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