orge

See also: Orge and Örge

English

Verb

orge (third-person singular simple present orges, present participle orging, simple past and past participle orged)

1. (intransitive) To indulge in riotous jollity.

Related terms

• orgy

References

• Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, ogre, rego, roge

Estonian

Noun

orge

1. partitive plural of org

French

Alternative forms

• horge (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁʒ/

• Audio; “l'orge”:

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• Homophones: Orge, orges

Noun

orge m or f (plural orges)

1. barley

Usage notes

"Orge" is feminine with the exception of three fixed terms: "orge mondé", "orge perlé" and "orge carré".

Derived terms

• orge perlé
• orgeat
• orgelet
• sucre d’orge

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ogre

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɔrdʒe
• Hyphenation: òr‧ge

Noun

orge f

1. plural of orgia

Anagrams

• -gero, egro, ergo, ergo-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

First used by Norwegian POWs during WW2.

Verb

orge (present tense orgar, past tense orga, past participle orga, passive infinitive orgast, present participle organde, imperative orge/org)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of organisere (“organize”).
2. (colloquial, transitive) to steal

   Synonyms: stele, rappe, kvarte

3. (colloquial, transitive) to fix

Etymology 2

From Old Norse organ (“an organ”). Doublet of organ.

Noun

orge f (definite singular orga, indefinite plural orger, definite plural orgene)

1. (rare, music) synonym of orgel (“church organ”)

References

• “orge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• groe