gambler

English

Etymology

From gamble +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æmblə(ɹ)

Noun

gambler (plural gamblers)

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.
One who takes significant risks.

Derived terms

Translations

one who plays at a game of chance

Arabic: مُقَامِر m (muqāmir)
Armenian: խաղամոլ (hy) (xaġamol)
Azerbaijani: qumarbaz
Belarusian: гуле́ц m (huljéc)
Bulgarian: комарджи́я m (komardžíja), комарджи́йка f (komardžíjka)
Burmese: ကစားသမား (my) (ka.ca:sa.ma:)
Catalan: jugador (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 賭徒 / 赌徒 (dou² tou⁴)

Mandarin: 賭徒 / 赌徒 (zh) (dǔtú)
Czech: hazardní hráč m, karbaník (cs) m
Dutch: gokker (nl) m
Esperanto: monludisto
Estonian: mängur, hasartmängur
Finnish: uhkapeluri (fi), peluri (fi)
French: joueur (fr) m, parieur (fr) m
Galician: xogador (gl) m
Georgian: აზარტული მოთამაშე (azarṭuli motamaše), მოთამაშე (motamaše), მობანქოვე (mobankove)
German: Glücksspieler (de) m, (female) Glücksspielerin (de) f
Greek: χαρτοπαίκτης (el) m (chartopaíktis), τζογαδόρος (el) m (tzogadóros)
Hindi: जुआरी (hi) m (juārī), जुआबाज़ m (juābāz), फड़बाज़ m (phaṛbāz)
Hungarian: szerencsejátékos (hu)
Japanese: 博徒 (ja) (ばくと, bakuto), ギャンブラー (gyanburā)
Kashubian: hazardnik m, hazardzysta m
Khmer: អ្នកលេង (nĕək leing), ជូតការក៍ (km) (cuutaʼkaa), ជើងល្បែង (cəəng lbaeng)
Korean: 노름꾼 (noreumkkun), 도박꾼 (dobakkkun), 갬블러 (gaembeulleo), 타짜 (tajja) (slang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qimarbaz (ku)
Kyrgyz: оюнчу (ky) (oyuncu)
Lao: ນັກຫລິ້ນ (nak lin), ນັກເລງ (nak lēng)
Latin: āleō m, āleātor (la) m
Macedonian: коцкар m (kockar), коцкарка f (kockarka)
Maori: kaipurei moni, kaipetipeti
Norman: gageux m, joueux m, joueux d'sous m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hasardspiller m, spiller (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: قمارجی (kumarcı)
Pashto: قمارباز (ps) m (qemārbãz)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: قُمارْباز (fa) (ġomârbâz)
Polish: hazardzista (pl) m, hazardzistka (pl) f
Portuguese: apostador m
Romanian: jucător (ro) m, cartofor (ro) m, parior (ro) m
Russian: игро́к (ru) m (igrók), картёжник (ru) m (kartjóžnik) (card gambler), гэ́мблер m (gɛ́mbler), аза́ртный игро́к m (azártnyj igrók)
Sanskrit: कितव (sa) m (kitava)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̏цка̄р m

Roman: kȍckār (sh) m
Slovak: hazardný hráč m, gambler m
Slovene: hazarder m, hazarderka f, kockar m
Spanish: jugador (es) m, tahúr (es) m, timbero (es) m (South America), ludópata (es) m or f
Swedish: spelare (sv), hasardspelare (sv)
Tagalog: sugarol
Tajik: қиморбоз (qimorboz)
Thai: นักพนัน (nák-pá-nan), ผู้เล่น (pûu-lên), เลง (leeng)
Turkish: kumarbaz (tr), kumarcı (tr)
Turkmen: humarbaz
Ukrainian: граве́ць (uk) m (hravécʹ)
Urdu: جُواری m (juārī), جُوا باز m (juā bāz), پَھڑ باز m (phaṛ bāz)
Uyghur: قىمارۋاز (qimarwaz)
Uzbek: qimorboz (uz)
Walloon: trimleu (wa) m

one who takes significant risks

Arabic: مُغَامِر m (muḡāmir)
Bulgarian: авантюри́ст (bg) m (avantjuríst), авантюри́стка (bg) f (avantjurístka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冒險家 / 冒险家 (zh) (màoxiǎnjiā)
Finnish: uhkapeluri (fi)
German: Hasardeur (de) m, Hasardeurin (de) f
Japanese: 冒険家 (ja) (ぼうけんか, bōkenka)
Korean: 모험가(冒險家) (ko) (moheomga)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: игро́к (ru) m (igrók), авантюри́ст (ru) m (avantjuríst), авантюри́стка (ru) f (avantjurístka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̏цка̄р m

Roman: kȍckār (sh) m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: risktagare (sv)

Anagrams

Gambrel, gambrel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamble.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gambler

(Louisiana) to gamble

Conjugation

Conjugation of gambler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	gambler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	gamblant /ɡɑ̃.blɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gamblé /ɡɑ̃.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gamble /ɡɑ̃bl/	gambles /ɡɑ̃bl/	gamble /ɡɑ̃bl/	gamblons /ɡɑ̃.blɔ̃/	gamblez /ɡɑ̃.ble/	gamblent /ɡɑ̃bl/
	imperfect	gamblais /ɡɑ̃.blɛ/	gamblais /ɡɑ̃.blɛ/	gamblait /ɡɑ̃.blɛ/	gamblions /ɡɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/	gambliez /ɡɑ̃.bli.je/	gamblaient /ɡɑ̃.blɛ/
	past historic²	gamblai /ɡɑ̃.ble/	gamblas /ɡɑ̃.bla/	gambla /ɡɑ̃.bla/	gamblâmes /ɡɑ̃.blam/	gamblâtes /ɡɑ̃.blat/	gamblèrent /ɡɑ̃.blɛʁ/
	future	gamblerai /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁe/	gambleras /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁa/	gamblera /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁa/	gamblerons /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/	gamblerez /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁe/	gambleront /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gamblerais /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	gamblerais /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	gamblerait /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/	gamblerions /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	gambleriez /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁje/	gambleraient /ɡɑ̃.blə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gamble /ɡɑ̃bl/	gambles /ɡɑ̃bl/	gamble /ɡɑ̃bl/	gamblions /ɡɑ̃.bli.jɔ̃/	gambliez /ɡɑ̃.bli.je/	gamblent /ɡɑ̃bl/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	gamblasse /ɡɑ̃.blas/	gamblasses /ɡɑ̃.blas/	gamblât /ɡɑ̃.bla/	gamblassions /ɡɑ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/	gamblassiez /ɡɑ̃.bla.sje/	gamblassent /ɡɑ̃.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	gamble /ɡɑ̃bl/	—	gamblons /ɡɑ̃.blɔ̃/	gamblez /ɡɑ̃.ble/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).