orchestrate

English

Etymology

From orchestra +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.kəstˌɹeɪt/

Verb

orchestrate (third-person singular simple present orchestrates, present participle orchestrating, simple past and past participle orchestrated)

1. To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra.
2. To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance.

   Sergio Leone orchestrated "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".

3. To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect

   Orchestrated histories are not fact-based.

Related terms

• orchestration
• orchestrator

Translations

to arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra

• Bulgarian: оркестрирам (orkestriram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 编管弦乐曲

• Finnish: soitintaa
• Greek: ενορχηστρώνω (el) (enorchistróno)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arrangere (no)

• Spanish: orquestar (es)
• Swedish: orkestrera (sv), arrangera (sv)

to compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance

• Finnish: säveltää (fi) (to compose), sovittaa (fi) (to arrange)
• French: orchestrer (fr)
• German: orchestrieren (de)
• Greek: ενορχηστρώνω (el) (enorchistróno)
• Hungarian: hangszerel (hu)
• Russian: оркестрова́ть (ru) impf (orkestrovátʹ), инструментова́ть (ru) impf (instrumentovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: orkestrirati (sh)
• Spanish: orquestar (es)

to arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect

• Bulgarian: аранжирам (bg) (aranžiram)
• Catalan: orquestrar (ca)
• Finnish: järjestää (fi), organisoida (fi)
• French: orchestrer (fr)
• German: orchestrieren (de)
• Greek: ενορχηστρώνω (el) (enorchistróno)
• Italian: orchestrare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iscenesette, arrangere (no)

• Polish: organizować (pl) impf, zorganizować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: orquestrar (pt)
• Russian: организо́вывать (ru) impf (organizóvyvatʹ), организова́ть (ru) pf (organizovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: aranžirati (sh), orkestrirati (sh)
• Spanish: orquestar (es)
• Swedish: iscensätta (sv), orkestrera (sv)

Anagrams

• Sacher torte, Sachertorte, sacher torte

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

orchestrate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

orchestrate f pl

1. feminine plural of orchestrato

Anagrams

• Sachertorte