Meaning

1 senses

  1. To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.

    to roulette a sheet of postage stamps

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom is at the roulette table.

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  2. Playing Russian roulette isn't really a good idea.

    deRussisch Roulette zu spielen ist keine besonders gute Idee. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The roulette is not only about luck.

    deDas Roulette geht nicht nur um Glück. — adlerq

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  4. What is your favorite bet in roulette?

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  5. I don't gamble much, but I do enjoy roulette.

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Origin

Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a rand

Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a random chance of incurring serious harm" may be abstracted from Russian roulette.

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Forms

roulettes, rouletting, rouletted, rouletted
Base formroulette · to roulette
3rd person singularroulettes
Present participlerouletting
Past simplerouletted
Past participlerouletted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroulette
he, she, itroulettes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrouletted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rouletted
he, she, ithas rouletted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roulette

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcycloidepicycloidhypocycloid

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roughB1roughlyA2roughshodroundB1roundaboutA2
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