RPG

English

Etymology

Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).

Noun

RPG (plural RPGs)

1. (games) A roleplaying game.
2. (weaponry) A rocket-propelled grenade.
3. (basketball) Rebounds per game.
4. (computing) A Report Program Generator.
5. research postgraduate

Derived terms

• (games): RPGer, ARPG, CRPG, JRPG, MMORPG, SRPG, tactical RPG, tactics RPG, TRPG, TTRPG, WRPG

Translations

role-playing game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角色扮演游戏 (zh) (juésè bànyǎn yóuxì), 角色扮演游戲／角色扮演游戏

• Finnish: rope (fi), roolipeli (fi)
• French: JdR (fr) m
• German: Rollenspiel (de) n
• Italian: GDR m, RPG m
• Japanese: RPG (RPG)
• Polish: gra fabularna f, RPG (pl) m, (slang) gra wyobraźni f, (slang) erpeg m, (slang) rolplej m
• Spanish: JDR

rocket-propelled grenade

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• Belarusian: РПГ (RPH)
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• Polish: granatnik przeciwpancerny m, (slang, gaming) RPG (pl) n
• Portuguese: lança-granadas m
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• Russian: РПГ (ru) m (RPG)
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basketball: rebounds per game

• Polish: zbiórki na mecz f pl

report program generator

See also

• (gaming): LARP

Anagrams

• GPR, GRP, Grp., PRG, grp

Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

RPG m (invariable)

1. (gaming) RPG; role-playing game

Japanese

Etymology

From English RPG.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ːɾɯ̟pʲiːʑiː]

Noun

R(アール)P(ピー)G(ジー) • (ārupījī) 

1. Abbreviation of ロールプレイングゲーム (rōru-pureingu gēmu, “role-playing game”).

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English RPG.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.pɛˈɡjɛ/, /ar.piˈd͡ʐi/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡjɛ
• Syllabification: R‧P‧G

Noun

RPG n (indeclinable)

1. roleplaying game, RPG (type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master))

   Synonyms: erpeg, gra fabularna

2. roleplaying game, RPG (type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games)

   Synonyms: erpeg, gra fabularna

Derived terms

noun

• RPG-owiec

 

Further reading

• RPG in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

RPG m (plural RPGs)

1. (games) roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character)