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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: or‧che‧s‧tr
Noun
orchestr m inan
- orchestra
Declension
Declension of orchestr (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “orchestr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “orchestr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “orchestr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)