orchestra

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːkɪstɹə/, /ˈɔːkəstɹə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈoɹkɪstɹə/, /ˈoɹkəstɹə/ (California) IPA(key): /ˈoɹkɪstɹə/, (California Vowel Shift) [ˈoɹkɛstɹə], /ˈoɹkəstɹə/ Hyphenation: or‧ches‧tra === Noun === 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. (Ancient Greece, theater) 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === carthorse, horsecart, rheocrats == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa/ === Verb === orchestra third-person singular past historic of orchestrer === Anagrams === torcheras == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /orˈkɛs.tra/ Rhymes: -ɛstra Hyphenation: or‧chè‧stra ==== Noun ==== orchestra f (plural orchestre) orchestra band orchestra pit ===== Derived terms ===== orchestrale orchestrare ===== Descendants ===== → Turkish: orkestra === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== orchestra inflection of orchestrare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === orchestra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔrˈkʰeːs.tra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [orˈkɛs.tra] === Noun === orchēstra f (genitive orchēstrae); first declension orchestra (area in front of a stage) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /urˈkestra/ === Noun === orchestra f (plural orchestre) orchestra == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French orchestrer. ==== Verb ==== a orchestra (third-person singular present orchestrează, past participle orchestrat) 1st conjugation to orchestrate ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== orchestra f definite nominative/accusative singular of orchestră