Contextual translation of 'roulette' into English. Human translations with examples: roulette, the roulette, 11 (roulette rec. Meaning of Russian roulette in English: Russian roulette. Translate Russian roulette into Spanish. 1 The practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one's own head.
Dictionary entry details
• ROULETTE(noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
line roulette; roulette
Hypernyms ('roulette' is a kind of..):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of 'roulette'):
cycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line)
epicycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle)
hypocycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Contextual translation of 'roulette' into English. Human translations with examples: roulette, the roulette, 11 (roulette rec. Meaning of Russian roulette in English: Russian roulette. Translate Russian roulette into Spanish. 1 The practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one's own head.
Dictionary entry details
• ROULETTE(noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
line roulette; roulette
Hypernyms ('roulette' is a kind of..):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of 'roulette'):
cycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line)
epicycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle)
hypocycloid (a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Roulette Meaning In English Dictionary
roulette; toothed wheel
Winning baccarat. Hypernyms ('roulette' is a kind of..):
wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
Roulette English Dictionary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ('roulette' is a kind of..):
Russian Roulette In English
gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)
