gambling

English

Verb

gambling

present participle 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.

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)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賭博 (zh), 赌博 (zh) (dǔbó)
Estonian: mängurlus
Finnish: uhkapeli (fi)
French: jeux de hasard (fr) m pl, pari (fr) m
German: Glücksspiel (de) n
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 (qumar)
Korean: 도박 (dobak) (賭博 (ko))
Malay: perjudian
Persian: قمار‎‎ (fa) (ghomâr)
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)
Swahili: kamari (sw)
Telugu: జూదము (te) (jūdamu)
Thai: การพนัน (th)
Vietnamese: đổ bác (賭博)

See also

game of chance

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