different between argue vs orgue

English

Etymology

From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.?ju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?ju/

Verb

argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued)

1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
2. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

3. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.

Derived terms

Related terms

• argument
• argumentative
• argumentation

Translations

Further reading

• argue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• argue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?y/

Verb

argue

1. first-person singular present indicative of arguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of arguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
5. second-person singular imperative of arguer

Anagrams

• auger, Auger
• urgea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [?är?u?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [??r?u?]

Verb

argue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of argu?

English

Etymology

From French, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and organum.

Noun

orgue (plural orgues)

1. (military) Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
2. (military) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.

Anagrams

• Rogue, rogue, rouge

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /??r.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /???.?e/

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues or òrguens)

1. (music) organ
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Related terms

• òrgan

Further reading

• “orgue” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon). Doublet of organe, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues)

1. (music) organ

Derived terms

• orgue de Barbarie
• point d'orgue

See also

• orgues

Further reading

• “orgue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rouge

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French orgue.

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues)

1. (Jersey, music) organ

Related terms

• organiste (“organist”)