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Proper name [English]

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Etymology: From roulette, a game of chance involving a revolving wheel. The first description is apparently in "The Fatalist," an 1840 short story by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Russian roulette (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, games) A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Games, Death, Firearms, Suicide, Violence Synonyms: rush and roulette (alt: eggcorn) Related terms: tempt fate, court disaster Translations (deadly game with revolver and random spinning): رُولِيت رُوسِيّ (rulit rūsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), расе́йская руле́тка (rasjéjskaja ruljétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ру́ска руле́тка (rúska rulétka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ruleta russa [feminine] (Catalan), 俄羅斯輪盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 俄罗斯轮盘 (Éluósī lúnpán) (Chinese Mandarin), ruská ruleta [feminine] (Czech), Russische roulette [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), rusa ruleto (Esperanto), venäläinen ruletti (Finnish), roulette russe [feminine] (French), Russisches Roulette [neuter] (German), orosz rulett (Hungarian), roulette russa [feminine] (Italian), ロシアンルーレット (Roshian-rūretto) (Japanese), 러시안 룰렛 (Reosian rullet) (Korean), rusiška rueletė [feminine] (Lithuanian), ру́ски руле́т (rúski rulét) [masculine] (Macedonian), орос рулет (oros rulet) (Mongolian), rouôlette Russe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), russisk rulett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), russisk rulett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رولت روسی (rulet rusi) (Persian), rosyjska ruletka [feminine] (Polish), roleta russa [feminine] (Portuguese), ruleta rusească [feminine] (Romanian), ру́сская руле́тка (rússkaja rulétka) [feminine] (Russian), ruski rulet [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ruleta rusa [feminine] (Spanish), Rus ruleti (Turkish), росі́йська руле́тка (rosíjsʹka rulétka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cò quay Nga (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figurative) Any activity, especially a needless one, that carries a high risk of death or disaster. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
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      "word": "tempt fate"
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      "word": "court disaster"
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        "(idiomatic, games) A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges."
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      "roman": "rulit rūsiyy",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "رُولِيت رُوسِيّ"
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      "roman": "rasjéjskaja ruljétka",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ру́ска руле́тка"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ruleta russa"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "俄羅斯輪盤"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Éluósī lúnpán",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "俄罗斯轮盘"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ruská ruleta"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Russische roulette"
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      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "rusa ruleto"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "venäläinen ruletti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "roulette russe"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Russisches Roulette"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "orosz rulett"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roulette russa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Roshian-rūretto",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "ロシアンルーレット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Reosian rullet",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "러시안 룰렛"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rusiška rueletė"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rúski rulét",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́ски руле́т"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "oros rulet",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "орос рулет"
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      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rouôlette Russe"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "russisk rulett"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "russisk rulett"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rulet rusi",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "رولت روسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rosyjska ruletka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "roleta russa"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ruleta rusească"
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      "roman": "rússkaja rulétka",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ру́сская руле́тка"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ruski rulet"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruleta rusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "Rus ruleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rosíjsʹka rulétka",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "росі́йська руле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deadly game with revolver and random spinning",
      "word": "cò quay Nga"
    }
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