roulette
/ɹuːˈlɛt/
roulette noun: a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
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Noun
roulette (countable and uncountable, plural roulettes)
- A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- Synonyms:
- roly-poly
- An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
- Doctors and health officials said that the WRC-TV documentary, "DPT: Vaccine Roulette," emphasized the risks of the vaccine while ignoring the dangers of the disease, which has been almost wiped out in this country.1982 April 28, Donna Hilts, “TV Report On Vaccine Stirs Bitter Controversy”, in Washington Post
- They would all rather take their chances with the existing policy-making roulette rather than follow process discipline.2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 290
- A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
- A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
- A cylindrical curler for the hair.
Verb
roulette (third-person singular simple present roulettes, present participle rouletting, simple past and past participle rouletted)
roulette meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
roulette in Hindi
- रूले, रूलेट, रूलेटी
roulette in Tamil
- சிறுசில்லி
roulette in Marathi
- game of chance
- रूलेट rūleṭ
roulette in Urdu
- رولیٹی, رولیٹ, رولیٹنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- roulette in Bengali
- জুয়া খেলাবিশেষ
- roulette in Telugu
- రౌలెట్, రూలెట్, రౌలెటింగ్
- roulette in Malayalam
- റൌലറ്റ്, റൂലറ്റ്, റൌളറ്റ്
- roulette in Kannada
- ರೂಲೆಟ್, ರೌಲೆಟ್, ರೌಲೆಟಿಂಗ್
- roulette in Punjabi
- ਰੂਲੈੱਟ, ਰੂਲੇਟ, ਰੂਲੈਟ
- roulette in Gujarati
- રૂલેટ, રુલેટ, રૂલેટી
- roulette in Odia
- ରୁଲେଟ୍, ରୁଲେଟ, ରୁଲେଟିଂ
- roulette in Nepali
- रूले, रूलेट, रुलेट
- roulette in Tagalog
- ruleta
- roulette in Arabic
- رُولِيت rulet
- roulette in Malay
- rolet
- roulette in Indonesian
- rolet
- roulette in Persian
- رولت rolet
- roulette in Thai
- รูเล็ตต์ ruu-lèt
- roulette in Vietnamese
- cò quay
Examples of roulette in a sentence
- Why play those piddly penny slots when you can win big time at the roulette wheel, man?
- Jace was on a hot streak at the casino, winning five times in a row on the roulette wheel.
- Mary liked to bet on red in roulette.
Synonyms of roulette
Forms of roulette
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | roulettes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | roulettes |
| present participle | rouletting |
| past participle | rouletted |
| past | rouletted |
Origin of roulette
Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a random chance of incurring serious harm" may be abstracted from Russian roulette.
Words formed from roulette
- Delaunay roulette
- pepper roulette
- roulettelike
- roulette table
- roulette wheel
- Russian roulette
- Sturm roulette
- Vatican roulette
Phrases with roulette
Words that rhyme with roulette
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
- ket
Questions about roulette
- What does roulette mean?
- Roulette means a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- What is roulette in Hindi?
- Roulette in Hindi is रूले, रूलेट, रूलेटी. See Roulette meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roulette?
- Roulette can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce roulette?
- Roulette is pronounced /ɹuːˈlɛt/.
- What is the plural of roulette?
- The plural of roulette is roulettes.
Words near roulette in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roulette (page history and authors); roulette (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roulette (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roulette (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roulette (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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