ruleta

See also: ruletă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French roulette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈlɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ruˈlə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ruˈle.ta]

Noun

ruleta f (plural ruletes)

1. roulette (game)
2. roulette wheel
3. (geometry) roulette (curve)

Related terms

• ruleta russa

Further reading

• “ruleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French roulette.

Noun

ruleta f

1. roulette (game of chance)

Declension

Declension of ruleta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	ruleta	rulety
genitive	rulety	rulet
dative	ruletě	ruletám
accusative	ruletu	rulety
vocative	ruleto	rulety
locative	ruletě	ruletách
instrumental	ruletou	ruletami

Derived terms

• ruská ruleta f

 

Further reading

• “ruleta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ruleta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ruleta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Verb

ruleta

1. inflection of rulettaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French roulette, from the verb rouler, from Vulgar Latin *rotulare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈleta/ [ruˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ru‧le‧ta

Noun

ruleta f (plural ruletas)

1. roulette

Derived terms

• ruleta rusa

 

Related terms

• rolar
• rótulo

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ruleta

Further reading

• “ruleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ruleta, from French roulette.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾuˈleta/ [ɾʊˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ru‧le‧ta

Noun

ruleta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜒᜆ)

1. roulette (game of chance)
   • 1991, H. B. De Dios, Romulo P. Baquiran, Impetú: pangalawang antolohiya ng katha, →ISBN:

     Iikot na ang ruleta, baka palarin ka! A, taya, taya! Sa beyntsingko, baka kotse ang panalo mo!" sigaw muli ng payat na lalaking nagpapaikot ng ruleta. Nagulat si Joey. Tiningnan niya ang lolang matamang nakaantabay sa susunod na gagawin […]

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   • 1996, Ani:

     Tapos gusto yatang makabawi, biglang nagtataya nang malaki-laki. Kaso talbog pa rin nang talbog. Para tuloy hinahalukay ang bituka ko habang umiikot ang ruleta't patalbog-talbog ang puting bola. Habang nalalaspag, para namang lalong […]

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See also

• tambiyolo

 

Further reading

• “ruleta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018