orgue

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

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.

• rogue, rouge, Rouge, Rogue

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔr.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔɾ.ɣe]

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.

• òrgan

• “orgue” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁɡ/

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orgue m (plural orgues)

1. (music) organ

• orgue de Barbarie
• point d’orgue

• → Persian: ارگ (org)

• orgues

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

• rouge

Borrowed from French orgue.

orgue m (plural orgues)

1. (Jersey, music) organ

• organiste (“organist”)