RPG

RPG

English

Etymology

Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).

Noun

RPG (plural RPGs)

1. (games) A roleplaying game.
2. (weaponry) A rocket-propelled grenade.
3. (basketball) Rebounds per game.
4. (computing) A Report Program Generator.

Derived terms

• (games): RPGer, ARPG, CRPG, JRPG, MMORPG, SRPG, TRPG, TTRPG, WRPG

Translations

role-playing game

Chinese: Mandarin: 角色扮演游戏 (zh) (juésè bànyǎn yóuxì), 角色扮演游戲／角色扮演游戏 Finnish: rope (fi), roolipeli (fi) French: JdR (fr) m German: Rollenspiel (de) n Italian: GDR m, RPG m Japanese: RPG Polish: gra fabularna f, RPG (pl) m, (slang) gra wyobraźni f, (slang) erpeg m, (slang) rolplej m

rocket-propelled grenade

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basketball: rebounds per game

Polish: zbiórki na mecz f pl

report program generator

See also

• (gaming): LARP

Anagrams

• GPR, GRP, Grp., PRG, grp

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Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

RPG m (invariable)

1. (gaming) RPG; role-playing game

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Japanese

Etymology

From English RPG.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ːɾɯ̟ᵝpʲiːʑiː]

Noun

R(アール)P(ピー)G(ジー) • (ārupījī) 

1. Abbreviation of ロールプレイングゲーム (rōru-pureingu gēmu, “role-playing game”).

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Portuguese

Noun

RPG m (plural RPGs)

1. (games) roleplaying game (type of game in which the players assume the role of a character)