Image:Burg Hohenzollern ak.jpg|thumb|A castle
English
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Etymology
From Latin castellum, literally little camp, from castrum, camp, from casa, hut or cottage
Pronunciation
käs'(�)l, /�k��s(�)l/, /<tt>"kA:s(@)l</tt>/
k�s'(�)l, /�kæs(�)l/, /<tt>"kæs(@)l</tt>/
Noun
en-noun
- A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
- A chess piece shaped like a castle tower which is also called a rook.
- obsolete A close helmet.
#* 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p. 12,
#*: The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and defending the head, as a castle did the whole body; or a corruption from the Old French word casquetel, a small or light helmet.
Usage notes
For the chess piece, chess players prefer the term rook.
Synonyms
(1): fortress, keep
(2): rook
Translations
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trans-top|fortified building
Breton: kastell m, kestell
Croatian: dvorac m
Czech: hrad m
Danish: slot n, borg c; herregård c
Dutch: kasteel n, fort n, burcht f, slot n
Esperanto: kastelo
Estonian: linnus, kindlus
Finnish: linna
French: château m, château-fort m
Frisian: kastiel
German: Burg f, Festung f
Greek: κά���ο (kástro) n
Hebrew: ��ר� (t'ira) f
Hindi: �िल�ला (qilla)
Hungarian: vár
Icelandic: kastali m
Ido: kastelo
Interlingua: castello
Italian: castello m
Japanese: � (��, shiro)
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Kurdish: KUchar|���ڵا
Latin: castellum n
Latvian: pils f
Maltese: kastell m
Marathi: �िल�ला (qilla), द�र�� (durg, fort), �ड (gad, fort)
Mongolian: �айз (tsajz) n
Occitan: castèl m
Persian: FAchar|د� (dezh)
Polish: zamek m
Portuguese: castelo m
Romanian: castel n
Russian: RUchar|замок|за�мок (zámok) m
Sanskrit: द�र�� (durg, fort)
Serbian: замaк m, zamak m
Slovene: grad m
Spanish: castillo m
Swedish: slott n, borg c, befästning c, fästning c
Thai: THchar|�ราสา� (bpraa-sà at)
Turkish: kale
Volapük: kased
Welsh: caer f, castell m
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trans-top|chess piece
Afrikaans: toring
Albanian: kala
Basque: gaztelu
Breton: tour m
Bulgarian: �оп (top) m
Catalan: torre f
Croatian: top m
Czech: v�ž f
Danish: tårn n
Dutch: toren m
Esperanto: turo
Estonian: vanker
Faeroese: rókur
Finnish: torni
French: tour f
Frisian: stins
Galician: torre f
German: Turm m
Greek: Ï�Ï�Ï�γοÏ� (pÃrgos)
Hebrew: צר��|צרִ��ַ (tzeryakh) m
Hungarian: bástya
Icelandic: hrókur m
Indonesian: benteng
Irish: caiseal
Italian: rocco m, torre#Italian|torre f
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Latin: turris f
Latvian: tornis m
Lithuanian: bokštas
Macedonian: �оп (top) m
Maltese: kastell m
Norwegian: tårn
Occitan: castel m
Polish: wieża f
Portuguese: torre f
Romanian: turn
Romansh: tur
Russian: лад�� (lad�já) f, ���а (turá) f
Serbian:
Slovak: veža f
Slovene: trdnjava f
Spanish: torre#Spanish|torre f
Swedish: torn#Swedish|torn n
Turkish: kale#Turkish|kale
Ukrainian: ���а (tura) f
Welsh: castell m
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Related terms
castellated
ice castle
king of the castle
sandcastle
Verb
en-verb|castl|ing
- chess To perform the move of castling.
Translations
Dutch: rokeren
Finnish: tornittaa
French: roquer
German: rochieren
Icelandic: hrókera
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Ido: roquar
Slovene: rokirati
Spanish: enrocarse
Swedish: rockera
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