rolet
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch roulette, from French roulette (“roulette”, literally “little wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrolɛt/ [ˈro.lɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -olɛt
- Syllabification: ro‧let
Noun
rolèt (plural rolet-rolet)
- roulette
- (soccer) Marseille turn, 360, spin, Mooresy roulette, roulette, girosflin, double drag-back (a specialised dribbling skill unique to the game of Association football which a player uses their body's momentum to quickly spin 360 degrees, dragging the ball back with the sole of one foot and then the other, effectively shielding it from a defender and changing direction fluidly)
Further reading
- “rolet”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016