orchestre

See also: orchestré

English

Etymology

French

Noun

orchestre (plural orchestres)

  1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

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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Noun

orchestre m (plural orchestres)

  1. orchestra, band
  2. stalls (of cinema or theatre)

Further reading

Italian

Noun

orchestre f

  1. plural of orchestra

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).

Noun

orchestre m (plural orchestres)

  1. (Jersey) orchestra

Romanian

Noun

orchestre f pl

  1. plural of orchestră
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