orchestra
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including…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.
» It's not a very good orchestra.
Це не дуже добрий оркестр.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
The orchestra plays music for the dancers to dance to in the 19th century-styled dance hall.
Orchester
орке́стрorkéstr
орке́стрorkéstr
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.
Orchestergraben
оркестро́вая я́маorkestróvaja jáma
(collective)A group of crickets.
- seating on the main floor in a theater
- a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
Examples
94 sentencesIt's not a very good orchestra.
Це не дуже добрий оркестр.
It isn't a very good orchestra.
Tom plays flute in the orchestra.
The orchestra was playing a waltz.
I'm going to join the school orchestra.
ruЯ собираюсь записаться в школьный оркестр.
deIch habe vor, ins Schulorchester einzutreten.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχέBorrowed from Latin orchēstra, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”) + -τρᾰ (-tră, “a suffix used to form instrument nouns (pl.)”).
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Forms
plural: orchestrasWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular