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- [roo-let]
- /ruˈlɛt/
- /ruːˈlet/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roo-let]
- /ruˈlɛt/
Definitions of roulette word
- noun roulette a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36. 1
- noun roulette a small wheel, especially one with sharp teeth, mounted in a handle, for making lines of marks, dots, or perforations: engravers' roulettes; a roulette for perforating sheets of postage stamps. 1
- noun roulette Philately. a row of short cuts, in which no paper is removed, made between individual stamps to permit their ready separation. 1
- verb with object roulette to mark, impress, or perforate with a roulette. 1
- noun roulette game played at betting table 1
- noun roulette perforating machine 1
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Origin of roulette
First appearance:
before 1725 One of the 49% newest English words
1725-35; < French, diminutive of rouelle wheel. See rowel
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Parts of speech for Roulette
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roulette popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
roulette usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for roulette
noun roulette
- bingo — Bingo is a game in which each player has a card with numbers on. Someone calls out numbers and if you are the first person to have all your numbers called out, you win the game.
- canasta — a card game for two to six players who seek to amass points by declaring sets of cards
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- game of chance — a game in which the outcome is determined by chance rather than by the skill of its players, as roulette.
- gin — a female Aborigine.
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