orkester

See also: orkestër

Danish

Noun

orkester n (singular definite orkesteret or orkestret, plural indefinite orkestre)

1. orchestra

Declension

Declension of orkester

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orkester	orkesteret orkestret	orkestre	orkesterene
genitive	orkesters	orkesterets orkestrets	orkestres	orkesterenes

References

• “orkester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology

From German Orchester, from Italian orchestra, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra, “space in front of a stage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orˈkester/, [orˈkester]
• Rhymes: -ester
• Hyphenation: or‧kes‧ter

Noun

orkester (genitive orkestri, partitive orkestrit)

1. (music) orchestra (a large collective of musicians performing musical works on instruments)

Declension

Declension of orkester (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		orkester	orkestrid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	orkestri
genitive			orkestrite
partitive		orkestrit	orkestreid
illative		orkestrisse	orkestritesse orkestreisse
inessive		orkestris	orkestrites orkestreis
elative		orkestrist	orkestritest orkestreist
allative		orkestrile	orkestritele orkestreile
adessive		orkestril	orkestritel orkestreil
ablative		orkestrilt	orkestritelt orkestreilt
translative		orkestriks	orkestriteks orkestreiks
terminative		orkestrini	orkestriteni
essive		orkestrina	orkestritena
abessive		orkestrita	orkestriteta
comitative		orkestriga	orkestritega

Derived terms

• orkestraalne
• orkestrant
• orkestratsioon
• orkestreerima

 

Compounds

• akordioniorkester
• balalaikaorkester
• džässorkester
• estraadiorkester
• kammerorkester
• keelpilliorkester
• kontserdiorkester
• koondorkester
• mandoliiniorkester
• mustlasorkester
• puhkpilliorkester
• rahvaorkester
• rahvapilliorkester
• saateorkester
• stuudioorkester
• svingorkester
• sõjaväeorkester
• sümfooniaorkester
• tantsuorkester
• teatriorkester
• õukonnaorkester
• ühendorkester

 

• orkestridirigent
• orkestrijuht
• orkestrimuusika
• orkestrimäng
• orkestripill
• orkestripoodium
• orkestriproov
• orkestriruum
• orkestrisaade
• orkestriseade
• orkestrisolist
• orkestrisüit
• orkestriteos

 

Related terms

• orkestra

 

References

• orkester in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “orkester”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

Noun

orkester n (definite singular orkesteret or orkestret, indefinite plural orkester or orkestre, definite plural orkestra or orkestrene)

1. (music) an orchestra

Derived terms

• orkestergrav

References

• “orkester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

Noun

orkester n (definite singular orkesteret, indefinite plural orkester, definite plural orkestera)

1. (music) an orchestra

Derived terms

• orkestergrav

References

• “orkester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

orkester c

1. (music) orchestra

Declension

Declension of orkester

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	orkester	orkesters
	definite	orkestern	orkesterns
plural	indefinite	orkestrar	orkestrars
	definite	orkestrarna	orkestrarnas

Derived terms

• blåsorkester
• stråkorkester
• symfoniorkester

Related terms

• orkestrera (“orchestrate”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: orkesteri

References

• orkester in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• orkester in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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