different between orchestra vs diviso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orch?stra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (orkh?stra) (a derivative of ???????? (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k?st??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k?st??/
• Hyphenation: or?ches?tra

Noun

orchestra (plural orchestras or (rare) orchestrae)

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• carthorse, horsecart, rheocrats

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?s.t?a/

Verb

orchestra

1. third-person singular past historic of orchestrer

Anagrams

• torcheras

Italian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (orkh?stra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /or?k?s.tra/

Noun

orchestra f (plural orchestre)

1. orchestra
2. band
3. orchestra pit

Descendants

• ? Turkish: orkestra

Derived terms

• orchestrale
• orchestrare

Etymology 2

Verb

orchestra

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

Further reading

• orchestra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (orkh?stra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /or?k?e?s.tra/, [?r?k?e?s?t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /or?kes.tra/, [?r?k?st???]

Noun

orch?stra f (genitive orch?strae); first declension

1. orchestra (area in front of a stage)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.

Descendants

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

References

• 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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ur?kestra/

Noun

orchestra f (plural orchestre)

1. orchestra

Romanian

Etymology 1

From French orchestrer.

Verb

a orchestra (third-person singular present orchestreaz?, past participle orchestrat) 1st conj.

1. to orchestrate

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

orchestra f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of orchestr?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diviso (“divided”).

Noun

diviso (plural divisos)

1. (music) An instruction that a section of the orchestra (normally the strings) should divide itself into two, each taking separate parts normally notated on the same staff; either tutti or all'unisono cancels this instruction
2. (music) A passage having this mark

Adverb

diviso (not comparable)

1. (music) played in this manner

Adjective

diviso (not comparable)

1. (music) played in this manner

Italian

Etymology

Cognate with Piedmontese divis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?vi.zo/
• Rhymes: -izo

Adjective

diviso (feminine divisa, masculine plural divisi, feminine plural divise)

1. divided

   Antonym: indiviso

Verb

diviso m (feminine singular divisa, masculine plural divisi, feminine plural divise)

1. past participle of dividere

Anagrams

• disvio, disviò

Latin

Participle

d?v?s?

1. dative masculine singular of d?v?sus
2. dative neuter singular of d?v?sus
3. ablative masculine singular of d?v?sus
4. ablative neuter singular of d?v?sus

Spanish

Verb

diviso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of divisar.