Castling — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæsəlɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɑːtʃpˈeɪtɹən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɑːtʃpˈeɪtɹən/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæsəlɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

castle

Parts of Speech

noun	interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
verb	move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

Word Forms

castle	verb	move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
castle	noun	(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
castling	noun	interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rochade

Vertauschen der Positionen des Königs und eines Turms

🇫🇷French

roque

échanger les positions du roi et d'une tour

🇪🇸Spanish

enroque

intercambiando las posiciones del rey y una torre

🇮🇹Italian

arrocco

scambiando le posizioni del re e della torre

🇳🇱Dutch

rokeren

het verwisselen van de posities van de koning en een toren

🇵🇹Portuguese

roque

trocando as posições do rei e de uma torre

🇷🇺Russian

рокировка

поменять местами короля и ладью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कैसलिंग

राजा और किश्ती के पदों की अदला-बदली

🇮🇳Tamil

காஸ்ட்லிங்

ராஜா மற்றும் ஒரு ரோக்கின் நிலைகளை மாற்றுவது

🇮🇳Telugu

కోట వేయడం

రాజు మరియు ఒక రూక్ యొక్క స్థానాలను పరస్పరం మార్చుకోవడం

🇮🇳Gujarati

કેસલિંગ

રાજા અને રુકની સ્થિતિની અદલાબદલી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಯಾಸ್ಲಿಂಗ್

ರಾಜ ಮತ್ತು ರೂಕ್ನ ಸ್ಥಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಬದಲಾಯಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാസ്റ്റിംഗ്

രാജാവിൻ്റെയും ഒരു റൂക്കിൻ്റെയും സ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ പരസ്പരം മാറ്റുന്നു

🇵🇰Urdu

قلعہ

بادشاہ اور ایک روک کے عہدوں کا تبادلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

易位

交换国王和车的位置

🇯🇵Japanese

キャスリング

キングとルークの位置を交換する

🇰🇷Korean

캐슬링

킹과 룩의 위치를 바꾸다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhập thành

hoán đổi vị trí của quân vua và quân xe

🇹🇭Thai

การปราสาท

สลับตำแหน่งระหว่างกษัตริย์กับเรือยอชท์

🇮🇩Indonesian

rokade

menukar posisi raja dan benteng

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التبييت

تبادل مواقف الملك والرخ

🇮🇷Persian

قلعه سازی

مبادله مواضع پادشاه و یک رخ

🇹🇷Turkish

Rok yapmak

şahın ve kalenin yerlerinin değiştirilmesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַצרָחָה

מחליפים את עמדות המלך וצריח

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