The orchestra makes discordant noises when tuning up.
Source: tatoeba (1917)
Orchestra
//ˈɔːkɪstɹə//
Synonyms for "orchestra" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
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4 entriespart of
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3 entriesrelated to
57 entriesShowing 16 of 57 words.
Translations
119 translations across 74 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- orkes noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Albanian
1 entries- orkestër noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Arabic
1 entries- أُورْكِسْتْرَا noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Armenian
1 entries- նվագախումբ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- orkestr noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Basque
1 entries- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Belarusian
1 entries- арке́стр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Bengali
2 entries- অর্কেস্ট্রা noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- বাদকদল noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Bulgarian
1 entries- орке́стър noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Burmese
1 entries- သံစုံတီးဝိုင်း noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Buryat
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Catalan
1 entries- orquestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 樂團 /乐团 noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- 樂隊 /乐队 noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- 管弦樂團 /管弦乐团 noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- 管弦樂隊 /管弦乐队 noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Czech
1 entries- orchestr noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Danish
3 entries- orchestra noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orkestergrav noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Dutch
3 entries- orkest noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orkestbak noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
- orkestra noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
Esperanto
1 entries- orkestro noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Estonian
1 entries- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Finnish
4 entries- orkesteri noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orkesteri noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orkesterimonttu noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
- orkestra noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
French
3 entries- orchestre noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orchestre noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orchestre noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Galician
1 entries- orquestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Georgian
1 entries- ორკესტრი noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
German
2 entries- Orchester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- Orchestergraben noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Greek
4 entries- θυμέλη noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- ορχήστρα noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ορχήστρα noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- ορχήστρα noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Greenlandic
1 entries- nipilersortut noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hui hoʻokani pila noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Hebrew
2 entries- תִּזְמֹרֶתf noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- תזמורת noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Hindi
4 entries- आर्केस्ट्रा noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ऑर्केस्ट्रा noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- बाजा noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- वाद्यवृंद noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Hungarian
1 entries- zenekar noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Icelandic
2 entries- hljómsveit noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orkestur noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Indonesian
2 entries- orkes noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اُرْکِسْتْر noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Irish
1 entries- ceolfhoireann noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Italian
1 entries- orchestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Japanese
1 entries- オーケストラ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Kalmyk
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Kazakh
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Khmer
2 entries- តុរិយាង្គ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ពិផាត noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Korean
1 entries- 오케스트라 noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Lao
4 entries- ດຸລິຍາງ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ຕຸລິຍາງ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ປີ່ພາດ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- ມະໂຫຣີ noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Latvian
1 entries- orķestris noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Lithuanian
1 entries- orkestras noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Macedonian
1 entries- оркестар noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Malay
1 entries- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Maltese
1 entries- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Mongolian
1 entries- найрал хөгжим noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Māori
3 entries- rāngai puoro noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- tira puoro noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- tira pūoru noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Norman
3 entries- orchestre noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orchestre noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orchestre noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Polish
2 entries- orchestra noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orkiestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Portuguese
3 entries- orquestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orquestra noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orquestra noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Romanian
1 entries- orchestră noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Russian
2 entries- орке́стр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- оркестро́вая я́ма noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- òrkestar noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- о̀ркестар noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Slovak
1 entries- orchester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Slovene
1 entries- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Southern Altai
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Spanish
4 entries- orquesta noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- orquesta noun (semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient theatres)
- orquesta noun (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
- orquestra (disused) noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Swedish
1 entries- orkester noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Tagalog
1 entries- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Tajik
1 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Thai
1 entries- ออร์เคสตรา noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Turkish
1 entries- orkestra noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Turkmen
1 entries- orkestr noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Tuvan
2 entries- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- хөгжүм noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Ukrainian
1 entries- орке́стр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Urdu
1 entries- آرْکِسْٹْرا noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Uzbek
1 entries- orkestr noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dàn nhạc noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Welsh
1 entries- cerddorfa noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Yakut
2 entries- аркыастыр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
- оркестр noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָרקעסטער noun (large group of musicians who play together on various instruments)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.
Source: tatoeba (20967)
I'm going to join the school orchestra.
Source: tatoeba (21577)
Generally speaking, orchestra conductors wear tailcoats at concerts.
Source: tatoeba (27317)
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