different between orchestra vs tutti

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

From Italian tutti, from Latin totus (“all”).

Adverb

tutti (not comparable)

1. (music) All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

Adjective

tutti (not comparable)

1. (music) All together; with all playing at once.

   a tutti passage

Noun

tutti (plural tuttis)

1. (music) A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing

Czech

Noun

tutti n

1. (card games) triple raise (multiplies the current stake by 8)

References

Finnish

(index tu)

Etymology

From Swedish tutt.

Noun

tutti

1. A pacifier; binky (US), dummy (UK), soother (Canada).
2. A teat (artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants).

Declension

Derived terms

• tuttipullo

Anagrams

• tutit

French

Etymology

From Italian tutti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ti/

Noun

tutti m (plural tutti)

1. (music) tutti

Further reading

• “tutti” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tutti m pl (tutte, f)

1. all; everybody, everyone

Adjective

tutti

1. masculine plural of tutto