orchestre
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See also: orchestré
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
orchestre (plural orchestres)
References[edit]
- “orchestre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). The word was feminine (like its etymon) until the 18th century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orchestre m (plural orchestres)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Some may be directly borrowed from Latin.
- → Azerbaijani: orkestr
- → Czech: orchestr
- → Danish: orkester
- → Dutch: orkest
- → Georgian: ორკესტრი (orḳesṭri)
- → German: Orchester
- → Norwegian: orkester
- → Persian: ارکستر (orkestr)
- → Macedonian: оркестар (orkestar)
- → Romanian: orchestră
- → Russian: оркестр (orkestr)
- → Kazakh: оркестр (orkestr)
- → Serbo-Croatian: orkestar / оркестар
- → Swedish: orkester
- → Finnish: orkesteri
- → Uzbek: orkestr
Further reading[edit]
- “orchestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
orchestre f
Anagrams[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).
Noun[edit]
orchestre m (plural orchestres)
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
orchestre f pl
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