orquestra

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [urˈke̞s.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [orˈkes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [urˈkes.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾˈkes.tɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [orˈkes.tɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestres)

1. (music) orchestra

Etymology 2

Verb

orquestra

1. inflection of orquestrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• orchestra (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin orchēstra, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”) + -τρᾰ (-tră, “a suffix used to form instrument nouns (pl.)”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾɐ/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛs.tɾɐ/ [ohˈkɛs.tɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈkɛs.tɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/ [oχˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻˈkɛs.tɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈkɛʃ.tɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛstɾɐ
• Hyphenation: or‧ques‧tra

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestras)

1. (music) orchestra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orquestra

1. inflection of orquestrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “orquestra”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “orquestra”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “orquestra”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “orquestra”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “orquestra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈkestɾa/ [oɾˈkes.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -estɾa
• Syllabification: or‧ques‧tra

Noun

orquestra f (plural orquestras)

1. dated form of orquesta

Further reading

• “orquestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025