orchestraとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹkəstɹə/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːkəstɹə/
• ハイフネーション: or‧ches‧tra

名詞

Orchestra of the 18th Century

orchestra (複数形 orchestras)

1. (music) 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.
2. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
3. 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.

使用する際の注意点

• In British English, "The orchestra are tuning up" is often used, implying the individual members. In the US, one would almost always hear "The orchestra is tuning up", implying a collective.

派生語

アナグラム

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Latin

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /orˈkʰeːs.tra/, [ɔrˈkʰeːs.t̪ra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈkes.tra/, [ɔrˈkɛs.t̪ra]

名詞

orchēstra f (genitive orchēstrae); first declension

1. orchestra (area in front of a stage)

語形変化

First-declension noun, with locative.

派生した語

• English: orchestra
• French: orchestre
• Italian: orchestra
• Portuguese: orquestra
• Spanish: orquestra

参照

• orchestra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• orchestra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orchestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• orchestra in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• orchestra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orchestra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin