organisation

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English

Alternative forms

• organization (US)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation, equivalent to organise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.

Derived terms

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

Danish

Noun

organisation c (singular definite organisationen, plural indefinite organisationer)

1. organization

Declension

Further reading

• “organisation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From organiser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ɡa.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord
• organisation internationale
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• → German: Organisation
  • → Romanian: organizație
• → Polish: organizacja, organizacyja (Middle Polish), organizacya (pre-reform orthography (1816))
  • Kashubian: òrganizacjô
• → Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organisation c

1. organization (of something)

   Synonym: organisering

2. an organization (a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules)

Declension

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation

References

• organisation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• organisation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)