Portuguese Meaning of organ

órgão

Other Portuguese words related to órgão

Definitions and Meaning of organ in English

Wordnet

organ (n)

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

a periodical that is published by a special interest group

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

Webster

organ (n.)

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

Webster

organ (v. t.)

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

FAQs About the word organ

órgão

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No antonyms found.

orgal => órgão, orfrays => Orfrê, orfray => orfrão, orfgild => orfgild, orff => Orff,