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orchestral

US/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/

orchestral adjective: relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

Adjective

orchestral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.
    • orchestral music/piece/sound

Noun

orchestral (plural orchestrals)

  1. (uncommon) An orchestral performance.
    • The ABC would have top-billing for the orchestral concerts and Williamsons for the recitals; we would go for a three-guinea top for the orchestrals, at that time a record; the ABC would do the front of house and the banking; [...]1984, Charles Buttrose, Words and Music, page 62
    • I also enjoy, still using music as an analogy, when Nature segues from quieter contemplative pieces featuring fog and overcast and rain to the full orchestrals of storms: booming tympani of thunder, cymbal crashes of lightning, full-brass of wind ...2011, Dorien Grey, Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs: - Book 1, →ISBN

orchestral meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

orchestral in Bengali

অর্কেস্ট্রা, বাদকদল সংক্রান্ত

orchestral in Malayalam

വാദ്യമേളത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച

Forms of orchestral

pluralorchestrals

Origin of orchestral

From orchestra + -al.

Words formed from orchestral

Questions about orchestral

What does orchestral mean?
Orchestral means relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.
What is orchestral in Bengali?
Orchestral in Bengali is অর্কেস্ট্রা, বাদকদল সংক্রান্ত. See Orchestral meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is orchestral?
Orchestral can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce orchestral?
Orchestral is pronounced /ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/ (US).

Words near orchestral in the dictionary

  1. orchestra pit
  2. orchestra pits
  3. orchestra stalls
  4. orchestra-pit
  5. orchestrae
  6. orchestral
  7. orchestral pop
  8. orchestraless
  9. orchestralist
  10. orchestralists
  11. orchestrally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orchestral (page history and authors); orchestral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orchestral (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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