orchestre

French

orchestre (plural orchestres)

1. Obsolete form of orchestra.

• “orchestre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Rochester, Schroeter, hectorers

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra). The word was feminine (like its etymon) until the 18th century.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/

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orchestre m (plural orchestres)

1. orchestra, band
2. stalls (of cinema or theatre)

• chef d'orchestre
• orchestral
• orchestrer

Some may be directly borrowed from Latin.

• “orchestre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

orchestre f

1. plural of orchestra

• scheretro, trescherò

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).

orchestre m (plural orchestres)

1. (Jersey) orchestra

orchestre f pl

1. plural of orchestră