Russian roulette

English 300px|thumb|right|Russian roulette (sense 1): A Russian Nagant M1895 revolver Alternative forms en rush and roulette eggcorn Etymology The term originates from roulette, a game of chance characterized by a rotating wheel. The earliest apparent literary reference occurs in Mikhail Lermontov’s short story The Fatalist (1840). Pronunciation en En-au-Russian roulette.ogg AU Proper noun - en 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 bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at their head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges. en metaphorical Any activity, especially a needless one, that carries a high risk of death or disaster. Translations deadly game with revolver and random spinning Arabic: ar رُولِيت رُوسِيّ m rulit rūsiyy Armenian: hy ռուսական ռուլետկա Azerbaijani: az Rus ruleti Belarusian: be расе́йская руле́тка f taraškievica Bulgarian: bg ру́ска руле́тка f Catalan: ca ruleta russa f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 俄羅斯輪盤 Éluósī lúnpán Czech: cs ruská ruleta f Dutch: nl Russische roulette m f Esperanto: eo rusa ruleto Finnish: fi venäläinen ruletti French: fr roulette russe f German: de Russisch(es) Roulette n Hungarian: hu orosz rulett Italian: it roulette russa f Japanese: ja ロシアンルーレット Roshian-rūretto Korean: ko 러시안 룰렛 Lithuanian: lt rusiška rueletė f Macedonian: mk ру́ски руле́т m Mongolian: mn орос рулет Norman: nrf rouôlette Russe f Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb russisk rulett m Nynorsk: nn russisk rulett m Persian: fa رولت روسی rulet rusi Polish: pl rosyjska ruletka f Portuguese: pt roleta russa f Romanian: ro ruleta rusească f Russian: ru ру́сская руле́тка f Serbo-Croatian: sh ruski rulet m Spanish: es ruleta rusa f Turkish: tr Rus ruleti Ukrainian: uk росі́йська руле́тка f Vietnamese: vi cò quay Nga See also en tempt fate en court disaster en terms derived from toponyms en Death Firearms Rotation Suicide Violence