рулетка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian руле́тка (rulétka), itself from French roulette. Equivalent to рули́рам (rulíram) +‎ -етка (-etka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈlɛtkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ру‧лет‧ка

Noun

руле́тка • (rulétka) f

1. retractable tape measure
2. roulette (game of chance)

Declension

Declension of руле́тка

	singular	plural
indefinite	руле́тка rulétka	руле́тки rulétki
definite	руле́тката rulétkata	руле́тките rulétkite

References

• “рулетка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рулетка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Рулетка

Etymology

руле́т (rulét) +‎ -ка (-ka), French roulette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʊˈlʲetkə]

Noun

руле́тка • (rulétka) f inan (genitive руле́тки, nominative plural руле́тки, genitive plural руле́ток)

1. tape measure (retractable, e.g. for carpentry)
2. roulette (game of chance)
   • 1867, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XIII”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:

     Литви́нов был весьма́ недово́лен собо́ю, сло́вно в руле́тку проигра́лся и́ли не сдержа́л да́нного сло́ва.

     Litvínov byl vesʹmá nedovólen sobóju, slóvno v rulétku proigrálsja íli ne sderžál dánnovo slóva.

     Litvinov felt much annoyed with himself, as though he had lost money at roulette, or failed to keep his word.

Declension

Declension of руле́тка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	руле́тка rulétka	руле́тки rulétki
genitive	руле́тки rulétki	руле́ток rulétok
dative	руле́тке rulétke	руле́ткам rulétkam
accusative	руле́тку rulétku	руле́тки rulétki
instrumental	руле́ткой, руле́ткою rulétkoj, rulétkoju	руле́тками rulétkami
prepositional	руле́тке rulétke	руле́тках rulétkax

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: руле́тка (rulétka)