rook
A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow familyA European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
» Tom sacrificed his rook to avoid mate.
Tom opferte seinen Turm, um ein Schachmatt zu vermeiden.
Том пожертвовал ладью, чтобы избежать мата.
Том пожертвовал ладьёй, чтобы избежать мата.
Том пожертвував туру, аби уникнути мату.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
Saatkrähe
грачgrač
гракhrak, га́йворонhájvoron
(countable, uncountable)A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
Schwindler, Schwindlerin, Betrüger
жу́ликžúlik, моше́нникmošénnik, плутplut
(countable, uncountable)A bad deal; a rip-off.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
(uncountable)A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
Turm
ладья́ladʹjá, тура́turá
тура́turá
(rare)A castle or other fortification.
Festung, Burg
кре́постьkrépostʹ
(slang)A rookie.
(uncountable)Mist; fog; roke
(archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)A parson.
- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
Examples
28 sentencesTom sacrificed his rook to avoid mate.
Том пожертвував туру, аби уникнути мату.
ruТом пожертвовал ладью, чтобы избежать мата.
deTom opferte seinen Turm, um ein Schachmatt zu vermeiden.
The rooks are placed in the corners during the set-up phase.
Тури ставлять у кутки у початковій позиції.
A rook always covers 14 squares.
Тура завжди контролює 14 клітинок.
Castling is a special move in chess whereby a rook is transferred to the square crossed by the king.
Рокировка - особливий хід у шахах, коли тура ставиться на клітинку, яку перестрибує король.
deDie Rochade ist ein besonderer Schachzug, durch den ein Turm in das vom König überquerte Feld versetzt wird.
A rook is a chess piece.
ruЛадья - это шахматная фигура.
deDer Turm ist eine Schachfigur.
Translations
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Origin
* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”).
Inherited from Middle English rook, rooke, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”). Compare roc.
From rookie.
Inherited from Middle English roke, rock, rok (“mist; vapour; drizzle; smoke; fumes”), from Old Norse *rauk, related to Icelandic rok, roka (“whirlwind; seafoam; seaspray”), Middle Dutch rooc, rok, Modern Dutch rook (“smoke; fog”).
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Forms
plural: rooksSynonyms
58 synonyms- common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow:Corvus frugilegus
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard:castle
Word family
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