"RPG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: RPGs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|РПГ}} Russian РПГ (RPG), {{m|ru|ручной противотанковый гранатомёт||hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher}} ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} RPG (plural RPGs)
  1. (games) A roleplaying game. Categories (topical): Games, Video game genres Translations (role-playing game): 角色扮演游戏 (juésè bànyǎn yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), 角色扮演游戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 角色扮演游戏 (Chinese Mandarin), rope (Finnish), roolipeli (Finnish), JdR [masculine] (French), Rollenspiel [neuter] (German), GDR [masculine] (Italian), RPG [masculine] (Italian), RPG (RPG) (Japanese), gra fabularna [feminine] (Polish), RPG [masculine] (Polish), gra wyobraźni [feminine, slang] (Polish), erpeg [masculine, slang] (Polish), rolplej [masculine, slang] (Polish), JDR (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-RPG-en-noun-0f0JTC4e Disambiguation of Video game genres: 64 13 8 13 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 25 18 30 3 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'role-playing game': 72 11 8 7 2
  2. (weaponry) A rocket-propelled grenade. Categories (topical): Weapons, Explosives Translations (rocket-propelled grenade): РПГ (RPH) (Belarusian), granatnik przeciwpancerny [masculine] (Polish), RPG [neuter, slang] [gaming, games] (Polish), lança-granadas [masculine] (Portuguese), РПГ (RPG) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-RPG-en-noun-7VmXSVhG Disambiguation of Explosives: 6 70 5 18 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 25 18 30 3 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'rocket-propelled grenade': 12 77 2 6 2
  3. (basketball) Rebounds per game. Categories (topical): Basketball Translations (basketball: rebounds per game): zbiórki na mecz [feminine, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-RPG-en-noun-aNEYUHni Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 25 18 30 3 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'basketball: rebounds per game': 12 4 79 4 2
  4. (computing) A Report Program Generator. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-RPG-en-noun-aKksOk9w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 25 18 30 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 25 15 40 2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. research postgraduate
    Sense id: en-RPG-en-noun-8vu5nSJH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: LARP [gaming, games]
Derived forms: RPGer [games], ARPG [games], CRPG [games], JRPG [games], MMORPG [games], SRPG [games], tactical RPG [games], tactics RPG [games], TRPG [games], TTRPG [games], WRPG [games]

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: From English. Etymology templates: {{uder|it|en|-}} English Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} RPG m (invariable)
  1. (gaming) RPG; role-playing game Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Gaming
    Sense id: en-RPG-it-noun-aTNZRJNw Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian undefined derivations Topics: games, gaming

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠ːɾɯ̟ᵝpʲiːʑiː] Forms: RPG [canonical] (ruby: R(アール), P(ピー), G(ジー)), ārupījī [romanization]
Etymology: From English RPG. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|RPG}} English RPG Head templates: {{ja-noun|アール%ピー%ジー|head=R%P%G}} R(アール)P(ピー)G(ジー) • (ārupījī)
  1. Abbreviation of ロールプレイングゲーム (rōru-pureingu gēmu, “role-playing game”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: ロールプレイングゲーム (extra: rōru-pureingu gēmu, “role-playing game”) Categories (topical): Video game genres

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ɛr.pɛˈɡjɛ/, /ar.piˈd͡ʐi/
Rhymes: -ɛɡjɛ Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from English RPG. Etymology templates: {{obor|pl|en|RPG}} Orthographic borrowing from English RPG Head templates: {{pl-noun|n|indecl=1}} RPG n (indeclinable)
  1. roleplaying game, RPG (type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master)) Tags: indeclinable, neuter Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video game genres Synonyms: erpeg, gra fabularna
    Sense id: en-RPG-pl-noun-cKI8x1gN Disambiguation of Role-playing games: 45 55 Disambiguation of Video game genres: 46 54
  2. roleplaying game, RPG (type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games) Tags: indeclinable, neuter Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video game genres Synonyms: erpeg, gra fabularna
    Sense id: en-RPG-pl-noun-DPP0VLKj Disambiguation of Role-playing games: 45 55 Disambiguation of Video game genres: 46 54 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: RPG-owiec

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: RPGs [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} RPG m (plural RPGs)
  1. (games) roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-RPG-pt-noun-2niHtV-A Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: games

Inflected forms

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    "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Polish indeclinable nouns",
    "Polish lemmas",
    "Polish neuter nouns",
    "Polish nouns",
    "Polish orthographic borrowings from English",
    "Polish terms borrowed from English",
    "Polish terms derived from English",
    "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Polish/ɛɡjɛ",
    "Rhymes:Polish/ɛɡjɛ/3 syllables",
    "pl:Role-playing games",
    "pl:Video game genres"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "RPG-owiec"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "RPG"
      },
      "expansion": "Orthographic borrowing from English RPG",
      "name": "obor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Orthographic borrowing from English RPG.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "indecl": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "RPG n (indeclinable)",
      "name": "pl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "R‧P‧G"
  ],
  "lang": "Polish",
  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "roleplaying game, RPG (type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "RPG",
          "RPG#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "erpeg"
        },
        {
          "word": "gra fabularna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "roleplaying game, RPG (type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "RPG",
          "RPG#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "erpeg"
        },
        {
          "word": "gra fabularna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛr.pɛˈɡjɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ar.piˈd͡ʐi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɡjɛ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "RPG"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "RPGs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "#s"
      },
      "expansion": "RPG m (plural RPGs)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "pt:Games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "games",
          "game#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(games) roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "RPG"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "RPG"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "RPG",
  "trace": ""
}

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