orchestre
See also: orchestré
English
Etymology
Noun
orchestre (plural orchestres)
- Obsolete form of orchestra.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orchestre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). The word was feminine (like its etymon) until the 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/
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Further reading
- “orchestre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).
Romanian
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