gambling

gambling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡæm.blɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æmbəl
• Homophone: gambol

Verb

gambling

1. present participle of gamble

Noun

gambling (usually uncountable, plural gamblings)

1. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

Derived terms

• e-gambling
• gambling house
• problem gambling

 

Translations

activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance

Arabic: قِمَار‎ m (qimār) Hijazi Arabic: قُمار‎ m (gumār) Azerbaijani: qumar Belarusian: аза́ртная гульня́ f (azártnaja hulʹnjá) Burmese: အကစား (my) (a.ka.ca:), အလောင်းအစား (my) (a.laung:a.ca:) Chinese: Mandarin: 賭博／赌博 (zh) (dǔbó) Czech: hazardní hra f Danish: hasard Estonian: mängurlus Finnish: uhkapeli (fi) French: jeux de hasard (fr) m pl, pari (fr) m German: Glücksspiel (de) n Hindi: द्यूत (hi) m (dyūt), किमार (hi) m (kimār), जूआ (hi) m (jūā), द्यूतक्रीड़ा (hi) f (dyūtakrīṛā) Hungarian: szerencsejáték (hu) Icelandic: fjárhættuspil (is) n Italian: giochi d'azzardo m pl, gioco d'azzardo (it) m Japanese: 賭博 (ja) (とばく, tobaku), 博奕 (ja) (ばくえき, bakueki), 博打 (ja) (ばくち, bakuchi) Kazakh: құмар (qūmar) Khmer: ការភ្នាល់ (kaaphnŏəl) Korean: 도박(賭博) (dobak), 노름 (ko) (noreum) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: قومار‎ (ku) (qumar) Northern Kurdish: qumar (ku) f Southern Kurdish: قومار‎ (ku) (qumar) Lao: ການພະນັນ (lo) (kān pha nan) Latvian: azartspēle f Malay: perjudian Persian: قمار‎ (fa) (qomâr) Polish: hazard (pl) m Portuguese: jogo de azar (pt) Russian: аза́ртная игра́ (ru) f (azártnaja igrá), (usually plural) аза́ртные и́гры (ru) f pl (azártnyje ígry), (business) иго́рный би́знес m (igórnyj bíznɛs), гэ́мблинг (ru) m (gɛ́mbling) Sanskrit: द्यूत (sa) n (dyūta) Slovak: hazardná hra f Spanish: juego de azar m Swahili: kamari (sw) Swedish: hasardspel (sv) n Tajik: қимор (qimor) Telugu: జూదము (te) (jūdamu) Thai: การพนัน (th) (gaan-pá-nan) Turkish: kumar (tr) Ukrainian: аза́ртна гра (uk) f (azártna hra), аза́ртна ігра́ f (azártna ihrá) Vietnamese: đổ bác (賭博)

See also

• game of chance