Meanings
nounorganology (countable and uncountable, plural organologies)
plural organologies
- countableuncountablebiologyThe study of the organs of plants and animals.
- countableuncountableentertainmentThe study of musical instruments in relation to history, culture, and construction.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Ancient Greekὄργανον (órganon)
- Latinorganum
- Old Frenchorgane
- Middle Englishorgane
- Englishorgan
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishorganology
Translations
Finnish organologia
- organologiathe study of the organs of plants and animals
French organologie
- organologiethe study of the organs of plants and animals
Italian organologia
- organologiathe study of the organs of plants and animals
Tagalog palatatagnan
- palatatagnanthe study of the organs of plants and animals
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with organology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
organology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organology
MLA
“organology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organology.
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