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Yes. The word organum is a Scrabble US word. The word organum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word organum is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ORGANUM,

6-letter words (3 found)

GRANUM,MORGAN,OURANG,

5-letter words (22 found)

AMONG,AMOUR,ARGON,GARUM,GOURA,GROAN,GROMA,GUANO,MANGO,MANOR,MARON,MOURN,MUNGA,MUNGO,NAGOR,NGOMA,NORMA,ORANG,ORGAN,ROMAN,UNARM,URMAN,

4-letter words (45 found)

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3-letter words (45 found)

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2-letter words (20 found)

AG,AM,AN,AR,GO,GU,MA,MO,MU,NA,NO,NU,OM,ON,OR,OU,UG,UM,UN,UR,

You can make 136 words from organum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of organum

organum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and orgue.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.ɡə.nəm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɡə.nəm/

Noun

organum (countable and uncountable, plural organums or organa)

  1. (music) A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong.
  2. (archaic) A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted.

Derived terms

  • organum triplum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.ɡa.num/, [ˈɔrɡänʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.ɡa.num/, [ˈɔrɡänum]

Noun

organum n (genitive organī); second declension

  1. an implement, instrument, tool
  2. any musical instrument

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • organicus

Descendants

Note: In many Romance languages, it is unclear whether inherited or borrowed from Latin.

References

  • “organum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “organum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • organum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • organum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “organum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin organum. Doublet of organe.

Noun

organum (plural organum)

  1. A device used to produce music; a musical instrument.
  2. A keyboard instrument that produces sound by air moved through pipes; an organ.

Synonyms

  • (general musical instrument): instrument; organe; simphane; symphonye
  • (keyboard instrument): organe

References

  • “organum, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French organum.

Noun

organum n (uncountable)

  1. organum

Declension


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