organisation

See also: Organisation

English

Alternative forms

• organization (US)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/

• Audio (General American)

  (file)

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.

Derived terms

• intermicronational organisation

 

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

Danish

Noun

organisation c (singular definite organisationen, plural indefinite organisationer)

1. organization

Declension

Declension of organisation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	organisation	organisationen	organisationer	organisationerne
genitive	organisations	organisationens	organisationers	organisationernes

Further reading

• “organisation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From organiser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio (Quebec)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord
• organisation internationale
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• → German: Organisation
  • → Romanian: organizație
• → Polish: organizacja, organizacyja; organizacya
  • Kashubian: òrganizacjô
• → Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

organisation c

1. organization (of something)

   organisering

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. an organization (a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules)

Declension

Declension of organisation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	organisation	organisationen	organisationer	organisationerna
Genitive	organisations	organisationens	organisationers	organisationernas

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation

References

• organisation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• organisation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)