roulette
noun /ruːˈlet/
/ruːˈlet/
[uncountable]- a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a moving wheel that has holes with numbers on it. Players bet on which hole the ball will be in when the wheel stops.
- the roulette wheel/table
- He lost most of his money at roulette.
- He was at a casino, playing roulette.
Wordfindersee also Russian rouletteTopics Games and toysc2- bet
- casino
- chip
- croupier
- gambling
- lottery
- odds
- roulette
- stake
- streak
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRoulette is used before these nouns:- table
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of rouelle ‘wheel’, from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota ‘wheel’.