orchestra
/ˈɔːkəstɹə/AWR-kuh-struh
/ˈɔɹkəstɹə/AWR-kuh-struh
Meaningthe dancing floor
Common meaning: a large band of instrumentalists
- orchestrthe dancing floor of a theatreLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1080 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Journey through time
- Greekὀρχήστρα‘the dancing floor of a theatre’
- Latinorchestra
- Englishorchestra‘a large band of instrumentalists’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ὀρχήστρα ‘the dancing floor of a theatre’.
Roots
- ὀρχήστρα Greek “the dancing floor of a theatre”
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