"roleplaying game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roleplaying games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roleplaying game (plural roleplaying games)
  1. (games) A 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). Categories (topical): Games Synonyms (game where players assume the role of characters): RPG
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  2. (video games) A 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. Categories (topical): Video games, Role-playing games, Video game genres
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: role-playing game, role playing game, rôle-playing game Derived forms: massively multiplayer online role-playing game, RPG (alt: whence CRPG, JRPG, WRPG) Related terms: LARP, game master, in character, out of character Translations (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character): joc de rol (Catalan), 角色扮演遊戲 (Chinese Cantonese), 角色扮演游戏 (gok³ sik¹ baan⁶ yin² yau⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 角色活動 (Chinese Cantonese), 角色活动 (gok³ sik¹ wut⁶ dung⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 角色扮演遊戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 角色扮演游戏 (Chinese Mandarin), 角色扮演游戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 角色扮演游戏 (juésè bànyǎn yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), 角色活動 (Chinese Mandarin), 角色活动 (juésè huódòng) (Chinese Mandarin), rollespil [neuter] (Danish), rollenspel [neuter] (Dutch), rolludo (Esperanto), roolipeli (Finnish), jeu de rôle [masculine] (French), როლური ვიდეო თამაში (roluri video tamaši) (Georgian), როლური თამაში (roluri tamaši) (Georgian), Rollenspiel [neuter] (German), szerepjáték (Hungarian), joco de rolo (Interlingua), gioco di ruolo [masculine] (Italian), 役割演技 (yakuwari engi) (alt: やくわりえんぎ) (Japanese), ロールプレイ (rōrupurei) (Japanese), rollespill [neuter] (Norwegian), rollespel [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gra fabularna [feminine] (Polish), RPG [masculine] (Portuguese), joc de rol [neuter] (Romanian), ролева́я игра́ (rolevája igrá) [feminine] (Russian), разы́грывание роле́й (razýgryvanije roléj) [neuter] (Russian), juego de rol [masculine] (Spanish), rollspel [neuter] (Swedish)
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      "alt": "やくわりえんぎ",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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      "_dis1": "53 47",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "ロールプレイ"
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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      "word": "gra fabularna"
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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      "word": "joc de rol"
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      "roman": "rolevája igrá",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ролева́я игра́"
    },
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      "_dis1": "53 47",
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      "roman": "razýgryvanije roléj",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разы́грывание роле́й"
    },
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      "_dis1": "53 47",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "juego de rol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "rollspel"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Role-playing game"
  ],
  "word": "roleplaying game"
}
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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      "word": "massively multiplayer online role-playing game"
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      "alt": "whence CRPG, JRPG, WRPG",
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      "word": "LARP"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "joc de rol"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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    },
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "角色扮演遊戲"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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      "word": "rollespil"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rollenspel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "rolludo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "roolipeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "jeu de rôle"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "roluri video tamaši",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "როლური ვიდეო თამაში"
    },
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      "roman": "roluri tamaši",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "როლური თამაში"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rollenspiel"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "szerepjáték"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "joco de rolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gioco di ruolo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やくわりえんぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yakuwari engi",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "役割演技"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rōrupurei",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "word": "ロールプレイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rollespill"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rollespel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gra fabularna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "RPG"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "joc de rol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rolevája igrá",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ролева́я игра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razýgryvanije roléj",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разы́грывание роле́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juego de rol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of game in which the players assume the role of a character",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rollspel"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Role-playing game"
  ],
  "word": "roleplaying game"
}

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