English
Proper noun
Russian roulette (uncountable)
- (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.
Translations
deadly game with revolver and random spinning
- Arabic: رُولِيت رُوسِيّ m (rulit rūsiyy)
- Bulgarian: руска рулетка f (rúska rulétka)
- Catalan: ruleta russa f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 俄羅斯輪盤, 俄罗斯轮盘 (Éluósī lúnpán)
- Czech: ruská ruleta f
- Finnish: venäläinen ruletti (fi)
- French: roulette russe (fr) f
- German: Russisches Roulette n
- Hungarian: orosz rulett
- Italian: roulette russa
- Japanese: ロシアンルーレット (Roshian-rūretto)
- Korean: 러시안 룰렛 (Reosian rullet)
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- Macedonian: руски рулет m (rúski rulét)
- Mongolian: орос рулет (oros rulet)
- Norman: rouôlette Russe f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: russisk rulett m
- Nynorsk: russisk rulett m
- Persian: رولت روسی (rulet rusi)
- Polish: rosyjska ruletka (pl)
- Portuguese: roleta russa f
- Russian: ру́сская руле́тка f (rússkaja rulétka)
- Serbo-Croatian: ruski rulet m
- Spanish: ruleta rusa f
- Turkish: Rus ruleti (tr)
- Ukrainian: російська рулетка f (rosíjs'ka rulétka)
- Vietnamese: cò quay Nga
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