orchestral (-kès-), adj., orchestral.
orchestration (-kès-), n.f., (mus.) scoring.
orchestre (-kès-) n.m., orchestra; band.
orchestrer (-kès-), v.a., (mus.) to score.
orchidées or orchide or orchie (-ki-), n.f.pl., (bot.) orchidaceæ, (bot.) orchid, orchis, fool-stone, bee-flower, gnat-flower.
ordalie, n.f., ordeal (old form of trial).
ordinaire, adj., ordinary, common, usual, customary. Le cours — de la nature; the usual course of nature. Le train — de la vie; the ordinary course of life.
ordinaire, n.m., ordinary; ordinary practice; daily fare; (milit.) mess, table, ordinary allowance (of wine). pl., menses. C’est un homme au-dessus de l’—; he is above the common run. À l’—; as usual. D’—, pour l’—; usually, ordinarily.
ordinairement (-nèr-mān), adv., ordinarily, usually, commonly.
ordinal, adj.m., ordinal.