English-French translations for orchestra

• orchestre
  (Brève prestation de l'Orchestre des jeunes de l'Union européenne) (Short performance by the European Union Youth Orchestra)
  Nous avions un orchestre, nous avions un hymne, nous avions une chorale; nous avons bien ouvert la séance d'aujourd'hui par l'hymne. We had an orchestra, we had the anthem, we had a choir; we started today, did we not, with the anthem.
  Nous allons à présent avoir le plaisir d'écouter encore une fois l'Orchestre des jeunes de l'Union européenne. We now have the pleasure of listening once again to the European Union Youth Orchestra.
• parterre

Definition of orchestra

• 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
• The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes used by other performers

Related words

• orchestral
• orchestrate
• orchestration
• orchestrator
• orchestra pit
• orchestral music
• symphony orchestra
• chamber orchestra
• string orchestra