orchestra
See also: orchestră
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹkəstɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːkəstɹə/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: or‧ches‧tra
Noun edit
orchestra (plural orchestras or (rare) orchestrae)
- (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
- 1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:
- It requires quite an orchestra to get a train to start; the guard blows his horn, the stationmaster rings a large bell, and the engine whistles.
- 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):
- Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra.
- A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
- The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
Derived terms edit
- orchestra hit
- orchestral
- orchestra pit
- orchestra-pit
- orchestra stall
- orchestra stalls
- orchestrate, orchestration
- (orchestra types) chamber orchestra, orchestra in residence, philharmonic orchestra, string orchestra, symphony orchestra
- orchestrina
- orchestrion
- palm court orchestra
- pops orchestra
- steel pan orchestra
Descendants edit
- → Albanian: orkestër
- → Arabic: أوركسترا (ʔorkestrā)
- → Japanese: オーケストラ (ōkesutora)
- → Korean: 오케스트라 (okeseuteura)
- → Thai: ออร์เคสตรา (ɔɔ-kées-dtrâa)
Translations edit
large group of musicians who play together on various instruments
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semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres
the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
orchestra
- third-person singular past historic of orchestrer
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orchestra f (plural orchestre)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: orkestra
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
orchestra
- inflection of orchestrare:
Further reading edit
- orchestra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /orˈkʰeːs.tra/, [ɔrˈkʰeːs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈkes.tra/, [orˈkɛst̪rä]
Noun edit
orchēstra f (genitive orchēstrae); first declension
- orchestra (area in front of a stage)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | orchēstra | orchēstrae |
| Genitive | orchēstrae | orchēstrārum |
| Dative | orchēstrae | orchēstrīs |
| Accusative | orchēstram | orchēstrās |
| Ablative | orchēstrā | orchēstrīs |
| Vocative | orchēstra | orchēstrae |
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: orquestra
- → English: orchestra (see there for further descendants)
- → Finnish: orkestra
- → French: orchestre (see there for further descendants)
- → Galician: orquestra
- → Indonesian: orkestra
- → Italian: orchestra
- → Turkish: orkestra
- → Latvian: orķestris
- → Malay: orkestra
- → Maltese: orkestra
- → Norman: orchestre
- → Piedmontese: orchestra
- → Polish: orkiestra
- → Portuguese: orquestra
- → Romanian: orchestră
- → Spanish: orquesta
References edit
- “orchestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “orchestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orchestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “orchestra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “orchestra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “orchestra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Piedmontese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orchestra f (plural orchestre)
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French orchestrer.
Verb edit
a orchestra (third-person singular present orchestrează, past participle orchestrat) 1st conj.
- to orchestrate
Conjugation edit
conjugation of orchestra (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a orchestra | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | orchestrând | ||||||
| past participle | orchestrat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | orchestrez | orchestrezi | orchestrează | orchestrăm | orchestrați | orchestrează | |
| imperfect | orchestram | orchestrai | orchestra | orchestram | orchestrați | orchestrau | |
| simple perfect | orchestrai | orchestrași | orchestră | orchestrarăm | orchestrarăți | orchestrară | |
| pluperfect | orchestrasem | orchestraseși | orchestrase | orchestraserăm | orchestraserăți | orchestraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să orchestrez | să orchestrezi | să orchestreze | să orchestrăm | să orchestrați | să orchestreze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | orchestrează | orchestrați | |||||
| negative | nu orchestra | nu orchestrați | |||||
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
orchestra f