Turm

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Turm (“rook”). === Noun === Turm (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate a rook in algebraic notation. === References === FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 == German == === Alternative forms === Thurm, Thurn (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German turm, an East Central German variant of turn, from Old High German turn, from Old French *torn (cf. the diminutive tornele), variant of tor, from Latin turris. From the same Old French source are Dutch toren, Low German Toorn. The final -m is probably due to sporadic dissimilation; a connection with the Latin accusative turrim (as sometimes conjectured) is unlikely. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʊʁm/ Rhymes: -ʊʁm === Noun === Turm m (strong, genitive Turmes or Turms, plural Türme, diminutive Türmchen n or Türmlein n) (architecture) tower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top) (architecture) steeple (tall tower on a church, normally topped with a spire) Synonym: Kirchturm (chess) rook (piece shaped like a castle tower) Synonyms: Elefant, Roch, Roche, Rochen (sports) diving platform (structure used for competitive diving) Synonym: Sprungturm ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: torony→ Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script: то́рањLatin script: tóranj → Lower Sorbian: torm → Luxembourgish: Tuerm → Romanian: turn === Further reading === “Turm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Turm” in Duden online