Meaning of “organ” in English Dictionary

"organ" in British English

organnoun

uk /ˈɔː.ɡən/ us /ˈɔːr-/

organ noun (BODY PART)

C1 [C] a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a particular job: an external/internal/reproductive organ an organ donor/transplant

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He sustained injuries to his arms, legs and several internal organs.
Your ears, eyes, tongue, nose and skin are your sense organs.
Transplantation of organs from living donors raises ethical issues.

organ noun (INSTRUMENT)

C2 [C] a musical instrument with a keyboard in which sound is produced by air being forced through pipes of different sizes and lengths when you press the keys with your hands or feet, or in which sound is produced electronically: Electronic organs are much smaller and cheaper than pipe organs.

organ noun (NEWSPAPER)

the organ of sth formal › a newspaper or broadcasting station produced by a particular organization and giving only the opinions of that organization: The newspaper Pravda was the official organ of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

(Definition of organ from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"organ" in American English

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organnoun

us /ˈɔr·ɡən/

organ noun (BODY PART)

› biology [C] a part of the body of a person, animal, or plant that performs a special job

organ noun (INSTRUMENT)

› [C/U] a musical instrument with one or more rows of keys that are pressed with the fingers to play notes produced by forcing air through pipes of different sizes, or a similar electronic instrument: [U] Fred taught his wife to play the organ.

(Definition of organ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

"organ" in Business English

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organnoun [C]

uk us /ˈɔːɡən/

› COMMUNICATIONS a newspaper or magazine that represents the opinions of a group or organization, or that is produced for a particular group of people: The monthly journal was once the official organ of the Communist party. She edits the company's house organ that is distributed to employees twice a year.

› GOVERNMENT an organization that works as part of a larger organization, for example, a government: China's top national security policy organ the courts and other government organs

(Definition of organ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of “organ”
in Korean	장기, 오르간…
in Arabic	عُضو, أورج…
in Malaysian	organ, alat sebaran…
in French	organe…
in Russian	орган, орган (музыкальный инструмент)…
in Chinese (Traditional)	身體部位, （動植物的）器官…
in Italian	organo…
in Turkish	belli amaç taşıyan hayvan/bitki organı/uzvu, org…
in Polish	organ, organy…
in Spanish	órgano…
in Vietnamese	cơ quan, giọng nói…
in Portuguese	órgão…
in Thai	อวัยวะ, สื่อเผยแพร่ข่าว…
in German	das Sprachrohr, organisch…
in Catalan	òrgan, orgue…
in Japanese	（動植物の）器官, （パイプ）オルガン…
in Chinese (Simplified)	身体部位, （动植物的）器官…
in Indonesian	organ…

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