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orgue

English

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Etymology

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From French, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and organum.

Noun

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orgue (plural orgues)

  1. (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.
  2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin organum. Doublet of òrgan, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orgue m (plural orgues or òrguens)

  1. (music) organ
  2. (firearms) (historical) A set of arquebus which could be fired all at once or one by one.
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of organe, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔʁɡ/
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Noun

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orgue m (plural orgues)

  1. (music) organ

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French orgue.

Noun

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orgue m (plural orgues)

  1. (Jersey, music) organ
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