Russian roulette

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Proper noun

Russian roulette (uncountable)

1. (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)
• Belarusian: расе́йская руле́тка f (rasjéjskaja ruljétka) (taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: ру́ска руле́тка f (rúska rulétka)
• Catalan: ruleta russa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄羅斯輪盤／俄罗斯轮盘 ('éluósīlúnpán), 俄罗斯轮盘 (Éluósī lúnpán)

• Czech: ruská ruleta f
• Esperanto: rusa ruleto
• 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)
• Lithuanian: rusiška rueletė f
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• Macedonian: ру́ски руле́т 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: росі́йська руле́тка f (rosíjsʹka rulétka)
• Vietnamese: cò quay Nga