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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGroßmeister
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Grossmeister
"Der Großmeister gewann das Schachturnier in Berlin."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A chess player of the highest class, holding the title awarded by FIDE.
"She defeated a former world chess champion and earned her title as a grandmaster." - 2
A top-ranking master in certain martial arts.
"The grandmaster demonstrated the advanced forms with remarkable precision."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from French grand-maître, used historically for the head of an order of knighthood, and later adopted in chess and martial arts to denote the highest title or rank.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Grandmaster" is said worldwide
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grand maître
Transliteration: grand maître
"Il est devenu grand maître international d'échecs."
Großmeister
Transliteration: Grossmeister
"Der Großmeister gewann das Schachturnier in Berlin."
grande maestro
Transliteration: grande maestro
"Il grande maestro ha mosso la sua torre."
gran maestro
Transliteration: gran maestro
"El joven prodigio fue coronado gran maestro de ajedrez."
grande-mestre
Transliteration: grande-mestre
"O grande-mestre jogou uma partida impecável."
ग्रैंडमास्टर
Transliteration: graindamāstar
"विश्वनाथ आनंद भारत के प्रसिद्ध ग्रैंडमास्टर हैं।"
特级大师
Transliteration: tèjí dàshī
"这位国际象棋特级大师赢得了比赛。"
그랜드마스터
Transliteration: geuraendeu-maseuteo
"그 선수는 최연소 체스 그랜드마스터가 되었습니다."
グランドマスター
Transliteration: gurando masutā
"彼は日本で数少ないチェスのグランドマスターの一人です。"
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