different between orphan vs organ

English

Alternative forms

• orphane (obsolete)

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?órb?os.

Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (árbha), Latin orbus (“orphaned”), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (“heir”)), Old English ierfa (“heir”). More at erf.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???f?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)f?n
• Homophone: often (non-rhotic accents with the lot–cloth split)

Noun

orphan (plural orphans)

1. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
2. A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
3. A young animal with no mother.
4. (figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
5. (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
6. (computing) Any unreferenced object.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

orphan (not comparable)

1. Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

2. (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

Translations

Related terms

• orphan drug

Verb

orphan (third-person singular simple present orphans, present participle orphaning, simple past and past participle orphaned)

1. (transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive)

2. (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

Conjugation

References

• "orphan" at OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Orphan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• harp on

English

Etymology

From Middle English organe, from Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (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 *wer?-. Doublet of organon, organum, and orgue.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.??n/
  • Homophone: Oregon (one pronunciation)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??n
• Hyphenation: or?gan

Noun

organ (plural organs)

1. A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
2. (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
3. (music) 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.
4. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
5. Short for organ pipe cactus.
6. government organization; agency; authority
7. (slang) The penis.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:organ.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Korean: ??? (oreugan)
• ? Maori: ?kana
• ? Vietnamese: oóc-gan

Translations

Further reading

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

Verb

organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
   • 1681, Thomas Manningham, Two Discourses

     Thou art elemented and organ'd for other apprehensions.

Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, groan, nagor, orang, rag on, rango

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??r?an]
• Hyphenation: or?gan

Noun

organ

1. organ:
   1. (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
   2. (music) 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.
   3. an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
2. mouthpiece, a spokesperson or medium aligned with an organisation.

Related terms

Further reading

• “organ” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

organ

1. Alternative form of organe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin organum, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon),

Noun

organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ or organer, definite plural organa or organene)

1. (anatomy, biology) an organ
2. an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3. a body (e.g. an advisory body)

Derived terms

• kjønnsorgan

See also

• orgel (musical instrument)

References

• “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon), via Latin organum

Noun

organ n (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ, definite plural organa)

1. (anatomy, biology) an organ
2. an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
3. a body (e.g. an advisory body)

Derived terms

• kjønnsorgan

See also

• orgel (musical instrument)

References

• “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.?an/

Noun

organ m inan

1. organ, part of an organism
2. (by extension) unit of government dedicated to a specific function
3. (politics) organ, official publication of a political organization

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ??????? (órganos), from Ancient Greek ??????? (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Slavic *or?gan?. Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. org?), Italian organum, Italian organo.

Noun

organ n (plural organe)

1. organ (part of organism)
2. (archaic) organ (musical instrument)

Declension

Synonyms

• (musical instrument): org?

See also

• m?dular

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?a?n/
• Hyphenation: or?gan

Noun

òrg?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. organ (part of an organism)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organ n

1. (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
2. (dated) a voice (of a singer or actor)

   Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst

   She combined with excellent theatrical looks a high degree of intelligence, an extraordinary voice and a splendid mastery of declamation

3. an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• argon