Turm
German (Berlin)
/tʊʁm/
noun
Definitions
- (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
- (chess) rook piece shaped like a castle tower
- (sports) diving platform structure used for competitive diving
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German turn inherited from Old High German torn derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower).
Origin
Latin
turris
Gloss
tower, rook, a tower
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bell tower English
- clocktower English
- megatower English
- moonlight tower English
- multitower English
- outtower English
- overtower English
- stairtower English
- supertower English
- tower English
- towerer English
- towerless English
- towerlike English
- towerman English
- towerscape English
- towery English
- watchtower English
- turrem Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Aussicht German
- Aussichtsturm German
- Bauer German
- Eiffel German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbein German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Falke German
- Fall German
- Fallturm German
- Feuer German
- Feuerturm German
- Fähre German
- Fährturm German
- Glocke German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirche German
- Kirchturm German
- Kirchturmpolitik German
- Kirchturmuhr German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulver German
- Pulverturm German
- Spitze German
- Sprung German
- Sprungturm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasser German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebel German
- Zwiebelturm German
- kühl German
- leuchten German
- wachen German
- elefántcsonttorony Hungarian
- harangtorony Hungarian
- tornya Hungarian
- tornyok Hungarian
- torony Hungarian
- toronyiránt Hungarian
- toronyóra Hungarian
- víztorony Hungarian
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- τύρσις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- タワー Japanese
- torr Old English
- tour Middle English
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tawer Cebuano
- tŵr Welsh
- torn Old High German
- turn Old High German
- tornis Latvian
- turmo Ido
- turn Middle High German
- Liichttuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- turrë Albanian
- torre Old Portuguese
- *türmä Proto-Turkic
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- Tuure Alemannic German
- 타워 Korean
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- turn Old Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- torre Old Spanish
- tüm Volapük
- taua Tok Pisin
- *tor Old Welsh
- Uhr
- kühl
- Fall
- Feuer
- Fähre
- Bauer
- Falke
- Kirche
- Glocke
- Sprung
- wachen
- Wasser
- Spitze
- Pulver
- Eiffel
- Zwiebel
- Turmuhr
- Aussicht
- leuchten
- Fährturm
- Fallturm
- Wachturm
- Kühlturm
- Turmfalke
- Kirchturm
- Turmbauer
- Elfenbein
- Uhrenturm
- Feuerturm
- Eiffelturm
- Sprungturm
- Turmspitze
- Wasserturm
- Pulverturm
- Leuchtturm
- Glockenturm
- Zwiebelturm
- Kirchturmuhr
- Aussichtsturm
- Elfenbeinturm
- Kirchturmpolitik