orgue
English
Etymology
From French, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ.
Noun
orgue (plural orgues)
- (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.
- (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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orgue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).
Pronunciation
Noun
orgue m (plural orgues)
Related terms
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 ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of organe, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁɡ/
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See also
Further reading
- “orgue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Related terms
- organiste (“organist”)
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