PORTATIVE ORGAN Meaning of PORTATIVE ORGAN in English ■ noun chiefly historical a small portable pipe organ.OriginC16: portative from OFr. portatif , -ive , appar. an alt. of portatil , based on L. portare 'carry'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004