different between pinion vs organ
pinion
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?nj?n/
- Rhymes: -?nj?n
- Hyphenation: pin?ion
Etymology 1
From Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).
Noun
pinion (plural pinions)
- A wing.
- (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- (obsolete) A fetter for the arm.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)
Verb
pinion (third-person singular simple present pinions, present participle pinioning, simple past and past participle pinioned) (transitive)
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
- 1577, Barnabe Googe (translator), Konrad Heresbach (author), Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, book iv (1586), page 169:
- They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them.
- 1641–2, Henry Best (author), Donald Woodward (editor), The Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642: With a Glossary and Linguistic Commentary by Peter McClure, Oxford University Press/British Academy (1984), ?ISBN (10), ?ISBN (13), page 115:
- When they are aboute fortnights olde (for they must bee driven noe longer) yow must watch where the henne useth to sitte on nights, and come when it beginneth to bee darke and throwe somethinge over the henne as shee broodeth them, then take and clippe every of theire right wings. Then when they are aboute moneths old, yow must come after the same manner and pinnion or cutte a joynte of every of theire right winges.
- ibidem, page 129:
- The Swanners gette up the younge swannes about midsummer [24 June] and footemarke them for the owners, and then doe they allsoe pinnion them, cuttinge a joynte of theire right winges, and then att Michaellmasse [29 Sept.] doe they bringe them hoame, or else bringe hoame some, and leave the rest att some of the mills and wee sende for them.
- 1665–1667, Abraham Cowley, The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley (fifth edition, 1678), “Several Di?cour?es by way of E??ays, in Ver?e and Pro?e”, essay 9: ‘The ?hortne?s of Life and uncertainty of Riches’, closing verses, verse 3 (page 138):
- Suppo?e, thou Fortune could to tamene?s bring, / And clip or pinion her wing; / Suppo?e thou could’?t on Fate ?o far prevail / As not to cut off thy Entail.
- 1727, Peter Longueville, Philip Quarll (1816), page 67:
- The two old ducks…being pinioned, could not fly away.
- 1849, Daniel Jay Browne, The American Poultry Yard (1855), page 242:
- They…should have been pinioned at the first joint of the wing.
- 1577, Barnabe Googe (translator), Konrad Heresbach (author), Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, book iv (1586), page 169:
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- Synonym: shackle
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 80
- Nash pinioned his arms behind while Boland seized a long cabbage stump which was lying in the gutter.
- (transferred sense, figuratively) To restrain; to limit.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- I was suddenly seized from behind and thrown to earth. As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs. When I could look up, I saw a number of giant fingers pinioning me down, while others stood about surveying me.
- 1999: Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow, scene 14
- I am pinioned by a chain of reasoning! Why else do his four friends conspire to conceal […]
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
Derived terms
- pinioned
- pinioner
- pinioning
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French pignon.
Noun
pinion (plural pinions)
- (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
- A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
Derived terms
- rack and pinion
Translations
Further reading
- pinion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pinioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- flight feather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “Pinion, v.” listed on page 883/2–3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English billion.
Numeral
pinion
- billion
Romanian
Etymology
From French pignon.
Noun
pinion n (plural pinioane)
- gearwheel
Declension
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organ
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)
- A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
- (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.
- An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- Short for organ pipe cactus.
- government organization; agency; authority
- (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)
- (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.
- 1681, Thomas Manningham, Two Discourses
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
- organ:
- (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- (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.
- an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- 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
- 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)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- 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)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- 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
- organ, part of an organism
- (by extension) unit of government dedicated to a specific function
- (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)
- organ (part of organism)
- (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 ???????)
- organ (part of an organism)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
organ n
- (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
- (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
- Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
- an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- argon
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