Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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Origin
Attested from 1850–55
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 感官
- 感官 (gǎnguān)an organic sensor
Danish sanseorgan
- sanseorganan organic sensor
Dutch zintuig, zintuigorgaan
- zintuigan organic sensor
- zintuigorgaanan organic sensor
Esperanto sensorgano
- sensorganoan organic sensor
Finnish aistinelin, aistin
- aistinelinan organic sensor
- aistinan organic sensor
French organe sensoriel
- organe sensorielan organic sensor
German Sinnesorgan
- Sinnesorganan organic sensor
Greek αισθητήριο όργανο
- αισθητήριο όργανο (aisthitírio órgano)an organic sensor
Hungarian érzékszerv
- érzékszervan organic sensor
Icelandic skynfæri
- skynfærian organic sensor
Italian organo sensorio
- organo sensorioan organic sensor
Japanese 感覚器, 感覚器官
- 感覚器 (kankakuki)an organic sensor
- 感覚器官 (kankakukikan)an organic sensor
Portuguese órgão do sentido, órgão sensorial
- órgão do sentidoan organic sensor
- órgão sensorialan organic sensor
Russian о́рган чу́вств
- о́рган чу́вств (órgan čúvstv)an organic sensor
Spanish órgano del sentido
- órgano del sentidoan organic sensor
Swedish sinnesorgan
- sinnesorganan organic sensor
Ukrainian о́рган чуття́
- о́рган чуття́ (órhan čuttjá)an organic sensor
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APA
sense organ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20organ
MLA
“sense organ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20organ. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sense organ,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sense%20organ.
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