gambling

Englisch

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gambling

1. present participle of gamble

Nomen

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.

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), 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)
• Hungarian: szerencsejáték (hu)
• Italian: giochi d'azzardo m pl, gioco d'azzardo m
• Japanese: 賭博 (ja) (とばく, tobaku), 博奕 (ばくえき, bakueki), 博打 (ばくち, bakuchi)
• Kazakh: құмар (qūmar)
• Khmer: ការភ្នាល់ (kaaphnŏəl)
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• Korean: 도박 (dobak) (賭博 (ko))
• 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
• 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