Russian roulette

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Proper noun

Russian roulette

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 location of the bullet is unknown, points the weapon 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: روليت روسي (ar) (rulit ruusiy) m
• Bulgarian: руска рулетка (bg) (rúska rulétka) f
• Catalan: ruleta russa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄羅斯輪盤 (cmn), 俄罗斯轮盘 (cmn) (Éluósī lúnpán)

• Czech: ruská ruleta (cs) f
• Finnish: venäläinen ruletti (fi)
• French: roulette russe (fr) f
• German: Russisches Roulette (de) n
• Hungarian: orosz rulett (hu)

• Japanese: ロシアンルーレット (ja) (Roshian-rūretto)
• Korean: 러시안 룰렛 (ko) (Reosian rullet)
• Macedonian: руски рулет (mk) (rúski rulét) m
• Persian: رولت روسی (fa) (rulet rusi)
• Polish: rosyjska ruletka (pl)
• Russian: русская рулетка (ru) (rússkaja rulétka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ruski rulet (sh) m
• Spanish: ruleta rusa (es) f
• Turkish: Rus ruleti (tr)
• Ukrainian: російська рулетка (uk) (rosíjs'ka rulétka) f