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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rou•lette /ruˈlɛt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Gamesa game of chance in which a small ball is spun on a dishlike device (rouˈlette ˌwheel), with players betting on which of the slots the ball will rest.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rou•lette (ro̅o̅ let′),USA pronunciation n., v., -let•ted, -let•ting. n. - Gamesa game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette′ wheel′) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- Printinga small wheel, esp. one with sharp teeth, mounted in a handle, for making lines of marks, dots, or perforations:engravers' roulettes; a roulette for perforating sheets of postage stamps.
- Stamps[Philately.]a row of short cuts, in which no paper is removed, made between individual stamps to permit their ready separation.
v.t. - to mark, impress, or perforate with a roulette.
- French, diminutive of rouelle wheel. See rowel
- 1725–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: roulette /ruːˈlɛt/ n - a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning horizontal wheel divided into 37 or 38 coloured and numbered slots, with players betting on the slot into which the ball will fall
- a toothed wheel for making a line of perforations
- a curve generated by a point on one curve rolling on another
vb (transitive)- to use a roulette on (something), as in engraving, making stationery, etc
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from rouelle a little wheel, from roue a wheel, from Latin rota |