orchestras
- 1Plural of orchestra.
Both orchestras tuned their instruments before the joint performance.
Many professional orchestras rely heavily on ticket sales and donations.
Note
A plain -s plural that serves every meaning of the singular, not only the musical one. Most often it counts separate ensembles, such as two orchestras sharing a stage. It also covers the semicircular spaces where the chorus performed in Greek and Hellenistic theaters, and the areas in front of and below a modern stage where the players sit. Only context tells the three apart.
orchestras is a form of orchestra
orchestra, noun: A large group of musicians who perform together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion; also, the instruments the group plays. Full entry
- Forms
- orchestraorchestras plural
- Spelling
- orchestra → orchestras: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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