orchestre
French
noun
Definitions
- orchestra, band
- stalls (of cinema or theatre)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα.
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὀρχήστρα
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- orchestra English
- orchestra Latin
- orchēstra Latin
- orchestra Italian
- dweilorkest Dutch, Flemish
- orkest Dutch, Flemish
- strijkorkest Dutch, Flemish
- орке́стр Russian
- orquesta Spanish, Castilian
- ὀρχήστρα Ancient Greek
- ὀρχήστρᾱ Ancient Greek
- *ergh- Proto-Indo-European
- orkester Norwegian Bokmål
- orquestra Portuguese
- orkester Swedish
- orkester Norwegian Nynorsk
- orquestra Catalan, Valencian
- ορχήστρα Greek (modern)
- orkes Afrikaans