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roulette
(ruːlet)
1. uncountable noun
Roulette is a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a wheel with numbered holes in it while the wheel is spinning round. The players bet on which hole the ball will be in when the wheel stops spinning.
2. See also Russian roulette
roulette in British English
(ruːˈlɛt)
noun
1.
a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning horizontal wheel divided into 37 or 38 coloured and numbered slots, with players betting on the slot into which the ball will fall
2.
a.
a toothed wheel for making a line of perforations
b.
a tiny slit made by such a wheel on a sheet of stamps as an aid to tearing it apart
3.
a curve generated by a point on one curve rolling on another
verb (transitive)
4.
to use a roulette on (something), as in engraving, making stationery, etc
Word origin
C18: from French, from rouelle a little wheel, from roue a wheel, from Latin rotaroulette in American English
(ruˈlɛt)
noun
1.
a gambling game played by rolling a small ball around a shallow bowl with an inner disk (roulette wheel) revolving in the opposite direction: the ball finally comes to rest in one of the red or black, numbered compartments into which this disk is divided, thus determining the winning bets
2.
a small toothed wheel attached to a handle, for making rows of marks or dots, as in engraving, or incisions, as between postage stamps
3.
a series of small, consecutive incisions made in the paper between the stamps in a sheet of stamps, to facilitate their separation
verb transitiveWord forms: rouˈletted or rouˈletting
4.
to make marks, dots, or incisions in or on with a roulette
Word origin
Fr < OFr roelette, dim. of roele, small wheel < LL rotella, dim. < L rota, wheel: see rollMore idioms containingroulette
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British English: roulette /ruːˈlɛt/ NOUN
Roulette is a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a revolving wheel with numbered holes in it. The players bet on which hole the ball will end up in.
- American English: roulette
- Arabic: رُوليت
- Brazilian Portuguese: roleta
- Chinese: 轮盘赌
- Croatian: rulet
- Czech: ruleta
- Danish: roulette
- Dutch: roulette
- European Spanish: ruleta
- Finnish: ruletti
- French: roulette
- German: Roulette
- Greek: ρουλέτα
- Italian: roulette
- Japanese: ルーレット
- Korean: 룰렛
- Norwegian: rulett
- Polish: ruleta
- European Portuguese: roleta
- Romanian: ruletă
- Russian: рулетка
- Latin American Spanish: ruleta
- Swedish: roulett
- Thai: เกมส์พนันรูเลทท์
- Turkish: rulet
- Ukrainian: рулетка
- Vietnamese: môn chôi Roulette
Chinese translation of 'roulette'
roulette
(ruːˈlɛt)
n (u)
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轮(輪)盘(盤)赌(賭)
(lúnpándǔ)