orchestre

See also: orchestré

English

Etymology

French

Noun

orchestre (plural orchestres)

1. Obsolete form of orchestra.

References

• “orchestre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Rochester, Schroeter, hectorers

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)

Derived terms

• chef d’orchestre
• orchestral
• orchestrer

Descendants

Some may be directly borrowed from Latin.

• → Azerbaijani: orkestr
• → Czech: orchestr
• → Danish: orkester
• → Dutch: orkest
  • Afrikaans: orkes
  • → Indonesian: orkes
  • → West Frisian: orkest
• → Georgian: ორკესტრი (orḳesṭri)
• → German: Orchester
  • → Estonian: orkester
  • → Kashubian: orkestra
• → 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

• “orchestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

orchestre f

1. plural of orchestra

Anagrams

• scheretro, trescherò

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