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)

  1. roulette
    1. roly-poly: a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces.
    2. (printing) a small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
  2. (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