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RPG
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English
Etymology
Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from en ru РПГ, initialism of ru ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher, of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-RPG.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en computing en w:Report Program Generator.
Noun
en games en roleplaying game.
en 1993-04 Dragon Ball Z GameFan https://archive.org/details/GamefanVolume1Issue05April1993/page/n87/mode/2up?q=%22dbz+fans%22 89 This is an RPG experience DBZ fans must have, but even if you've never seen DBZ, it's still an interesting game due to the unique fighting scenes and the ability to fly around the map.
en 2009 The Official Xbox Magazine - Issues 92-95 335 I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore.
en https://web.archive.org/web/20220619011822/https://www.thegamer.com/runescape-20-anniversary-old-school-woodcutting-scam/ w:TheGamer I reckon Runescape is the game that introduced my young, ignorant, and stubborn self to modern RPGs. In a way, I owe at least part of how my career has shaped up to trimmed rune and obby capes. Runescape Is 20 Years Old Today - Here's How I Started A Pyramid Scheme When I Was Nine 2021-01-04 Cian Maher
en Brad Norton Sea of Stars – Wheels minigame guide: How to play, best Heroes, more w:Dexerto https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/sea-of-stars-wheels-minigame-guide-2248221/ 2023-08-28 Through many of the most iconic RPGs of our time, we’ve seen a range of popular minigames come into focus. https://web.archive.org/web/20260825021845/https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/sea-of-stars-wheels-minigame-guide-2248221/ 25 August 2026
en Michael Gwilliam 89-year-old Skyrim Grandma switches to another RPG after 9 years w:Dexerto https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/89-year-old-skyrim-grandma-switches-to-another-rpg-after-9-years-3207984/ 2025-06-02 Viral YouTuber and grandmother Shirley Curry, better known as ‘Skyrim Grandma’ is finally playing another Bethesda RPG after nine years. https://web.archive.org/web/20250724011548/https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/89-year-old-skyrim-grandma-switches-to-another-rpg-after-9-years-3207984/ 24 July 2025
en weapons en rocket-propelled grenade.
en basketball en rebound per game.
en Thomas Schlacher Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokić vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo: What’s the latest in the race to become the NBA MVP? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/sport/nba-mvp-race-jokic-embiid-giannis-spt-intl 2023-04-05 The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG (rebounds per game) and an agonizing 9.9 APG (assists per game) – demonstrating Jokić’s incredible all-around ability. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008000249/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/05/sport/nba-mvp-race-jokic-embiid-giannis-spt-intl 8 October 2025
en education en research postgraduate.
Derived terms
games en RPGer, en ARPG, en CRPG, en JRPG, en litRPG, en MMORPG, en SRPG, en tactical RPG, en tactics RPG, en TRPG, en TTRPG, en WRPG
Translations
role-playing game
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue RPG RPG
Mandarin: cmn 角色扮演游戏 juésè bànyǎn yóuxì, cmn 角色扮演游戲
Finnish: fi rope, fi roolipeli
French: fr JdR m
German: de Rollenspiel n
Italian: it GDR m, it RPG m
Japanese: ja RPG
Polish: pl gra fabularna f, pl RPG m, slang pl gra wyobraźni f, slang pl erpeg m, slang pl rolplej m
Spanish: es JDR
Thai: th เกมอาร์พีจี gēem-āa-pīi-jīi
rocket-propelled grenade
Albanian: sq
Armenian: hy
Belarusian: be РПГ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn
Esperanto: eo
Estonian: et
Georgian: ka
Hungarian: hu
Latvian: lv
Lithuanian: lt
Polish: pl granatnik przeciwpancerny m, slang, gaming pl RPG n
Portuguese: pt lança-granadas m
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru РПГ m
Slovak: sk
Turkish: tr
Ukrainian: uk
basketball: rebounds per game
Polish: pl zbiórki na mecz f-p
report program generator
See also
gaming en LARP
Verb
+!,+' +,~-ing
en intransitive gaming To play a roleplaying game.
en David Liss Randoms 2 w:Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2016 9 https://www.google.com.sv/books/edition/Randoms/unh3DgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22RPGing%7CRPGed%22&pg=PA17&printsec=frontcover When I got to my new school, it didn’t take me too long to find a group to hang out with. We RPGed, talked books, movies, and comics. We played video games, both in person and in co-op.
en Teri Litorco The Civilized Guide to Tabletop Gaming: Rules Every Gamer Must Live By w:Adams Media 2016 145 https://www.google.com.sv/books/edition/The_Civilized_Guide_to_Tabletop_Gaming/-obtDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22RPGing%7CRPGed%22&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover When you start RPGing, you describe an action your character is taking. Sometimes your DM will interject, asking you to make a test for success (typically a dice roll).
en Mercedes Lackey; Cody Martin Breaking Silence w:Baen Books 2020-02 https://www.google.com.sv/books/edition/Breaking_Silence/h9jFDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22RPGing%7CRPGed%22&pg=PT67&printsec=frontcover None of them really wanted to game without Beth. For one, it didn’t seem fair, and for another, the facts that she had a great imagination and really no concept of how RPGing was “supposed” to work meant she sprang stuff on the group that had livened up the games no end.
en transitive weaponry To attack with a rocket-propelled grenade.
en 1981-11 B.P. U.S. Embassy Soldier of Fortune 6 11 53 https://archive.org/details/so-f-1984-12-ocr/SoF%201981-11-ocr/page/53/mode/2up?q=%22RPGed%22 However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned.
en w:Robert D. Kaplan Imperial Grunts: On the Ground With the American Military, From Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond w:Vintage Books 2006-09 317 https://archive.org/details/imperialgruntson0000kapl/page/316/mode/2up?q=%22RPGed%22 It was like the movie Black Hawk Down without the rioters. I was RPGed so often I gradually stopped ducking.
en Ed Macy Hellfire w:HarperPress 2009 343 https://archive.org/details/hellfire0000macy/page/342/mode/2up?q=%22RPGed%22 The Taliban had buried a triple mine in the road a week ago and remotely detonated it under a Spartan. Then they RPGed the Scimitar trapped ahead of it.
Anagrams
en gpr GPR GRP Grp. PRG grp
en Explosives Video game genres
Chinese
Etymology
zh en RPG.
Pronunciation
aa1 lou4 pi1 zi1 n
Noun
zh noun
zh Hong Kong Cantonese roleplaying game
References
zh Video game genres
Italian
Etymology
it :bor en:RPG
it en RPG.
Noun
m #
it gaming en RPG; role-playing game
Japanese
Etymology
ja en RPG.
Pronunciation
アールピージー
Noun
R%P%G アール%ピー%ジー
ja ロールプレイングゲーム rōru-pureingu gēmu role-playing game
ja Video game genres
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :obor en:RPG + 1
Pronunciation
er.pe'gie,ar.pi'dżi R.P.G
Noun
n 1
roleplaying game, en 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)
pl erpeg gra fabularna
roleplaying game, en 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
pl erpeg gra fabularna
Derived terms
pl nouns RPG-owiec
Further reading
pl Role-playing games Video game genres
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor en:RPG + 1
Noun
m #s
pt games roleplaying game type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
pt Video game genres