orchestrer

French

Etymology

From orchestre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁe/

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Verb

orchestrer

1. to orchestrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of orchestrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	orchestrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	orchestrant /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		orchestré /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	orchestre /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestres /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestre /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestrons /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/	orchestrez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁe/	orchestrent /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/
	imperfect	orchestrais /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɛ/	orchestrais /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɛ/	orchestrait /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɛ/	orchestrions /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/	orchestriez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁi.je/	orchestraient /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	orchestrai /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁe/	orchestras /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa/	orchestra /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa/	orchestrâmes /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁam/	orchestrâtes /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁat/	orchestrèrent /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɛʁ/
	future	orchestrerai /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/	orchestreras /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/	orchestrera /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁa/	orchestrerons /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	orchestrerez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁe/	orchestreront /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	orchestrerais /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	orchestrerais /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	orchestrerait /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/	orchestrerions /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	orchestreriez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁje/	orchestreraient /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	orchestre /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestres /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestre /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	orchestrions /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁi.jɔ̃/	orchestriez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁi.je/	orchestrent /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/
	imperfect2	orchestrasse /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁas/	orchestrasses /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁas/	orchestrât /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa/	orchestrassions /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	orchestrassiez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁa.sje/	orchestrassent /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	orchestre /ɔʁ.kɛstʁ/	—	orchestrons /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁɔ̃/	orchestrez /ɔʁ.kɛs.tʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “orchestrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.