orchestra

Other forms of orchestra

plural

orchestras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orchestra

What does orchestra mean?

orchestra means "a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orchestra?

orchestra has 3 syllables: or-che-stra. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹkəstɹə/.

Is orchestra a common word?

orchestra is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.