English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡæm.blɪŋ/
Verb
gambling
- present participle and gerund of gamble
Noun
gambling (usually uncountable, plural gamblings)
- 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
Translations
activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance
- Arabic: قِمَار m (qimār), مُقَامَرَة f (muqāmara)
- 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
- Dutch: kansspel (nl) n, gokspel (nl) n, hazardspel n
- Estonian: mängurlus
- Finnish: uhkapeli (fi)
- French: jeux de hasard (fr) m pl, pari (fr) m
- German: Glücksspiel (de) n
- Hindi:जुआ (hi) m (juā), किमार (hi) m (kimār)
- Hungarian: szerencsejáték (hu)
- Icelandic: fjárhættuspil (is) n
- Indonesian: perjudian (id), judi (id)
- 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 (qumar)
- Northern Kurdish: qumar (ku) f
- Southern Kurdish: قومار (ku) (qumar)
- Lao: ການພະນັນ (lo) (kān pha nan)
- Latvian: azartspēle f
- Lithuanian: azartinis lošimas m
- Macedonian: комар m (komar), коцкање n (kockanje), хазард m (hazard)
- 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)
- Turkmen: humar
- Ukrainian: аза́ртна гра (uk) f (azártna hra), аза́ртна ігра́ f (azártna ihrá)
- Vietnamese: đổ bác (vi) (賭博)
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