"orchestra pit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: orchestra pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} orchestra pit (plural orchestra pits)
  1. (performing arts) A sunken area in front of a stage in which musicians, largely hidden from view, play music to accompany stage performances. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: orchestra stalls, orchestra-pit Translations (sunken area in front of a stage): fossat d'orquestra [masculine] (Catalan), orchestřiště [neuter] (Czech), orkestergrav [common-gender] (Danish), orkestbak [masculine] (Dutch), orkestrofosaĵo (Esperanto), orkesterisyvennys (Finnish), fosse d’orchestre [feminine] (French), Orchestergraben [masculine] (German), golfo mistico [masculine] (Italian), buca d'orchestra [feminine] (Italian), fossa d'orchestra [feminine] (Italian), orķestra bedre [feminine] (Latvian), orkestergrav [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), orkestergrav [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kanał dla orkiestry [masculine] (Polish), orkiestron [masculine] (Polish), оркестровая яма (orkestrovaja jama) [feminine] (Russian), foso de orquesta [masculine] (Spanish), orkesterdike [neuter] (Swedish), оркестрова яма (orkestrova jama) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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