рулетка

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

• IPA^(key): [roˈlɛtkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): ру‧лет‧ка

руле́тка • (rulétka) f

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

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): [rʊˈlʲetkə]

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.

• → Bulgarian: руле́тка (rulétka)