orkest

Borrowed from French orchestre, from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”) (an intensification of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “to go, come”), from Proto-Indo-European *ergh- (“to set in motion, stir up, raise”)) + suffix *-tra denoting "place".

• IPA^(key): /ɔrˈkɛst/

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• Hyphenation: or‧kest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

orkest n (plural orkesten, diminutive orkestje n)

1. (music) orchestra

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