orchestre
See also: orchestré
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
orchestre (plural orchestres)
References edit
- “orchestre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). The word was feminine (like its etymon) until the 18th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orchestre m (plural orchestres)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Some may be directly borrowed from Latin.
- → Azerbaijani: orkestr
- → Czech: orchestr
- → Danish: orkester
- → Dutch: orkest
- → Georgian: ორკესტრი (orḳesṭri)
- → German: Orchester
- → Estonian: orkester
- → 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 edit
- “orchestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
orchestre f
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).
Noun edit
orchestre m (plural orchestres)
Romanian edit
Noun edit
orchestre f pl