orchestra

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

orchestra (plural orchestras)

1. (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
2. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
3. The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

• In British English, "The orchestra are tuning up" is often used, implying the individual members. In the US, one would almost always hear "The orchestra is tuning up", implying a collective.

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• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa/

orchestra

1. third-person singular past historic of orchestrer

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orchestra f (plural orchestre)

1. orchestra
2. band
3. orchestra pit

orchestra

1. third-person singular present indicative of orchestrare
2. second-person singular imperative of orchestrare

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /orˈkʰeːs.tra/, [ɔrˈkʰeːs.tra]

orchēstra f (genitive orchēstrae); first declension

1. orchestra (area in front of a stage)

First declension.

• English: orchestra
• French: orchestre
• Italian: orchestra
• Portuguese: orquestra
• Spanish: orquestra

• orchestra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orchestra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orchestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• orchestra in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• orchestra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orchestra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

orchestra f

1. definite nominative and accusative singular of orchestră