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orchestra

See also: orchestră

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).

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    Orchestra

    orchestra (plural orchestras or (rare) orchestrae)

    1. (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.
    2. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
    3. 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.

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    French

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    orchestra

    1. third-person singular past historic of orchestrer

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    Italian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

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    • IPA(key): /orˈkɛ.stra/
    • Rhymes: -ɛstra
    • Hyphenation: or‧chè‧stra

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    orchestra f (plural orchestre)

    1. orchestra
    2. band
    3. orchestra pit
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    orchestra

    1. inflection of orchestrare:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    • orchestra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

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      orchēstra f (genitive orchēstrae); first declension

      1. orchestra (area in front of a stage)

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      First-declension noun.

      Case Singular Plural
      Nominative orchēstra orchēstrae
      Genitive orchēstrae orchēstrārum
      Dative orchēstrae orchēstrīs
      Accusative orchēstram orchēstrās
      Ablative orchēstrā orchēstrīs
      Vocative orchēstra orchēstrae

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      References

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      • “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

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      orchestra f (plural orchestre)

      1. orchestra

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      Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from French orchestrer.

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      a orchestra (third-person singular present orchestrează, past participle orchestrat) 1st conj.

      1. to orchestrate
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          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

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      orchestra f

      1. definite nominative/accusative singular of orchestră
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