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A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games
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Antonyms: none provided
A type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لُعْبَة تَقَمُّص أَدْوَار
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Arabic:
لعبة رول بلينج
(luʕbat rōl blēing)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Catalan:
joc de rol
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Chinese Cantonese:
角色扮演遊戲 /角色扮演游戏
(gok3 sik1 baan6 yin2 yau4 hei3)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Chinese Cantonese:
角色活動 /角色活动
(gok3 sik1 wut6 dung6)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Chinese Mandarin:
角色扮演遊戲 /角色扮演游戏
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Chinese Mandarin:
角色扮演游戲 /角色扮演游戏
(juésè bànyǎn yóuxì)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Chinese Mandarin:
角色活動 /角色活动
(juésè huódòng)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Danish:
rollespil
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Dutch:
rollenspel
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Esperanto:
rolludo
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Finnish:
roolipeli
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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French:
jeu de rôle
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Georgian:
როლური ვიდეო თამაში
(roluri video tamaši)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Georgian:
როლური თამაში
(roluri tamaši)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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German:
Rollenspiel
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Hungarian:
szerepjáték
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Interlingua:
joco de rolo
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Italian:
gioco di ruolo
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Japanese:
役割演技
(yakuwari engi)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Japanese:
ロールプレイ
(rōrupurei)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Norwegian:
rollespill
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
rollespel
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Polish:
gra fabularna
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Portuguese:
RPG
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Romanian:
joc de rol
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Russian:
ролева́я игра́
(rolevája igrá)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Russian:
разы́грывание роле́й
(razýgryvanije roléj)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Spanish:
juego de rol
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Swedish:
rollspel
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Thai:
เกมเล่นตามบทบาท
(gēem-lên-dtāam-bòt-bàat)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
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Thai:
เกมอาร์พีจี
(gēem-āa-pīi-jīi)
— type of game in which the players assume the role of a character
