A rook is a chess piece.
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Rook
//ɹʊk//
Synonyms for "rook" (150 found)
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Related words (75)
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9 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
3 entriesdbpedia genus
1 entriesderived
15 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
10 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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11 entriesTranslations
255 translations across 97 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- toring noun (chesspiece)
Albanian
3 entries- kala noun (chesspiece)
- kullë noun (chesspiece)
- torrë noun (chesspiece)
Arabic
4 entries- رُخّ noun (chesspiece)
- طَابِيَة noun (chesspiece)
- غُدَاف noun (bird)
- قَلْعَة noun (chesspiece)
Aragonese
1 entries- gralla noun (bird)
Armenian
3 entries- ամրոց noun (fortification)
- նավակ noun (chesspiece)
- սերմնագռավ noun (bird)
Asturian
3 entries- graya noun (bird)
- grayu noun (bird)
- torre noun (chesspiece)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- top noun (chesspiece)
- zağca noun (bird)
Basque
2 entries- gaztelu noun (chesspiece)
- ipar-bele noun (bird)
Belarusian
4 entries- ве́жа noun (chesspiece)
- грак noun (bird)
- ладдзя́ noun (chesspiece)
- ладзьдзя́ noun (chesspiece)
Bengali
1 entries- নৌকা noun (chesspiece)
Breton
1 entries- tour noun (chesspiece)
Bulgarian
4 entries- измамник noun (swindler)
- мошеник noun (swindler)
- по́лска вра́на noun (bird)
- посе́вна вра́на noun (bird)
Burmese
2 entries- ကျီးအ noun (chesspiece)
- ရထား noun (chesspiece)
Catalan
2 entries- graula noun (bird)
- torre noun (chesspiece)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- قاژوو noun (bird)
Chechen
1 entries- къиг noun (bird)
Chinese
1 entries- 城堡 noun (chesspiece)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 城堡 noun (chesspiece)
- 車 /车 noun (chesspiece)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 城堡 noun (chesspiece)
- 白嘴鴉 /白嘴鸦 noun (bird)
- 禿鼻鴉 /秃鼻鸦 noun (bird)
- 車 /车 noun (chesspiece)
Czech
2 entries- havran noun (bird)
- věž noun (chesspiece)
Danish
2 entries- råge noun (bird)
- tårn noun (chesspiece)
Dutch
4 entries- burcht noun (fortification)
- roek noun (bird)
- toren noun (chesspiece)
- vesting noun (fortification)
Esperanto
3 entries- frugilego noun (bird)
- kampokorvo noun (bird)
- turo noun (chesspiece)
Estonian
2 entries- kahur noun (chesspiece)
- vanker noun (chesspiece)
Faroese
3 entries- felliskráka noun (bird)
- hjaltakráka noun (bird)
- rókur noun (chesspiece)
Finnish
4 entries- huijari noun (swindler)
- ketku noun (swindler)
- linnoitus noun (fortification)
- mustavaris noun (bird)
French
4 entries- corbeau freux noun (bird)
- freux noun (bird)
- tour noun (chesspiece)
- rouler verb (cheat, swindle)
Galician
3 entries- gralla noun (bird)
- grallo noun (bird)
- torre noun (chesspiece)
Georgian
3 entries- ეტლი noun (chesspiece)
- როქი noun (chesspiece)
- ჭილყვავი noun (bird)
German
4 entries- Betrüger noun (swindler)
- Betrügerin noun (swindler)
- Burg noun (fortification)
- Festung noun (fortification)
Greek
4 entries- αγύρτης noun (swindler)
- απατεώνας noun (swindler)
- πύργος noun (chesspiece)
- σταροκόρακας noun (bird)
Hebrew
2 entries- עורב מזרע noun (bird)
- צַרִיחַ noun (chesspiece)
Hindi
3 entries- किश्ती noun (chesspiece)
- रुख़ noun (chesspiece)
- हाथी noun (chesspiece)
Hungarian
4 entries- bástya noun (chesspiece)
- bástya noun (fortification)
- torony noun (chesspiece)
- vetési varjú noun (bird)
Icelandic
2 entries- bláhrafn noun (bird)
- hrókur noun (chesspiece)
Indonesian
1 entries- benteng noun (chesspiece)
Irish
2 entries- caiseal noun (chesspiece)
- rúcach noun (bird)
Italian
4 entries- corvo comune noun (bird)
- rocca noun (fortification)
- rocco noun (chesspiece)
- torre noun (chesspiece)
Japanese
4 entries- ルーク noun (chesspiece)
- 城塞 noun (fortification)
- 深山烏 noun (bird)
- 深山鴉 noun (bird)
Javanese
1 entries- bètèng noun (chesspiece)
Kazakh
1 entries- ладья noun (chesspiece)
Khmer
2 entries- ទូក noun (chesspiece)
- ប្រាសាទ noun (chesspiece)
Korean
1 entries- 룩 noun (chesspiece)
Kumyk
1 entries- жыргъыт noun (bird)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ладья noun (chesspiece)
Lao
1 entries- ເຮືອ noun (chesspiece)
Latin
1 entries- turris noun (chesspiece)
Latvian
2 entries- krauķis noun (bird)
- tornis noun (chesspiece)
Lithuanian
4 entries- bokštas noun (chesspiece)
- kovarnis noun (bird)
- kovas noun (bird)
- paprastasis kovas noun (bird)
Macedonian
3 entries- врана гагец noun (bird)
- полска врана noun (bird)
- топ noun (chesspiece)
Malay
2 entries- benteng noun (chesspiece)
- tir noun (chesspiece)
Malayalam
1 entries- തേര് noun (chesspiece)
Maltese
1 entries- kastell noun (chesspiece)
Manx
4 entries- cashtal noun (chesspiece)
- trogh noun (bird)
- troghan noun (bird)
- troghan doo noun (bird)
Maranao
1 entries- ti'ir noun (chesspiece)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭢𐭣𐭠𐭫 noun (chesspiece)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэрэг noun (chesspiece)
Māori
1 entries- pā tūwatawata noun (chesspiece)
Nanai
1 entries- тораки noun (bird)
Navajo
1 entries- kinyaaʼáhí noun (chesspiece)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- keleh noun (chesspiece)
Northern Sami
1 entries- bealdovuoraš noun (bird)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- blåkråke noun (bird)
- kornkråke noun (bird)
- tårn noun (chesspiece)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kornkråke noun (bird)
- tårn noun (chesspiece)
Occitan
1 entries- castel noun (chesspiece)
Ojibwe
1 entries- chi-ogimaawigamig noun (chesspiece)
Old English
1 entries- hrōc noun (bird)
Old Norse
2 entries- hrókr noun (bird)
- hrókr noun (chesspiece)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زاغ noun (bird)
Persian
3 entries- رخ noun (chesspiece)
- زاغ noun (bird)
- قلعه noun (chesspiece)
Polish
3 entries- gawron noun (bird)
- wieża noun (chesspiece)
- oszukać verb (cheat, swindle)
Portuguese
4 entries- cornelha noun (bird)
- fortificação noun (fortification)
- frouva noun (bird)
- gralha-calva noun (bird)
Romanian
2 entries- cioară de semănătură noun (bird)
- turn noun (chesspiece)
Romansch
1 entries- tur noun (chesspiece)
Russian
4 entries- афери́ст noun (swindler)
- грач noun (bird)
- жу́лик noun (swindler)
- кре́пость noun (fortification)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gakuša noun (bird)
- kula noun (chesspiece)
- kula noun (fortification)
- top noun (chesspiece)
Sicilian
1 entries- turri noun (chesspiece)
Slovak
2 entries- havran noun (bird)
- veža noun (chesspiece)
Slovene
3 entries- grakuša noun (bird)
- poljska vrana noun (bird)
- trdnjava noun (chesspiece)
Spanish
4 entries- baluarte noun (fortification)
- bastión noun (fortification)
- graja noun (bird)
- grajo noun (bird)
Swahili
1 entries- ngome noun (chesspiece)
Swedish
2 entries- råka noun (bird)
- torn noun (chesspiece)
Tajik
1 entries- рух noun (chesspiece)
Tamil
2 entries- கோட்டை noun (chesspiece)
- கோட்டை noun (fortification)
Telugu
1 entries- ఏనుగు noun (chesspiece)
Thai
1 entries- เรือ noun (chesspiece)
Turkish
4 entries- dolandırıcı noun (swindler)
- ekin kargası noun (bird)
- kale noun (chesspiece)
- kale noun (fortification)
Turkmen
1 entries- ruh noun (chesspiece)
Ukrainian
3 entries- га́йворон noun (bird)
- грак noun (bird)
- тура́ noun (chesspiece)
Urdu
1 entries- رخ noun (chesspiece)
Uyghur
1 entries- توپ noun (chesspiece)
Uzbek
1 entries- rux noun (chesspiece)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xe noun (chesspiece)
Volapük
1 entries- cögatüm noun (chesspiece)
Welsh
3 entries- brân bigwen noun (bird)
- castell noun (chesspiece)
- ydfran noun (bird)
West-Frisian
1 entries- stins noun (chesspiece)
Yiddish
1 entries- טורעם noun (chesspiece)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot".
Source: tatoeba (545411)
To the crow family belong the raven, the rook and the magpie.
Source: tatoeba (676931)
It's not a raven, a crow, nor a magpie. It's a rook.
Source: tatoeba (2703204)
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