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rôleplay en · NOUN

Etymology

From rôle + play.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Dated spelling of roleplay.
    • Find a friend and attempt the following rôleplay in order to clarify the dialogue: Friend: “I think it is sunny in London.” You: “I think it is sunny in Brighton.” Friend: “Well, yes, but not as sunny.” 1998 August 19, tim_walls, “Thicky Passengers!”, in uk.railway (Usenet):
    • On this basis it becomes clear why Bühler occasionally describes the symbols as rôle-indicating signs (cf. 1934: 381); though they are capable of undertaking a transference from the occurrence of the speech situation, they are unable to do without deictic pointers to produce the rôleplay in language. 1983, Gérard Deledalle, Semiotics and Pragmatics: Proceedings of the Perpignan Symposium, John Benjamin’s Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 124, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rôleplays Number=Plur lexicographic

rôleplay en · VERB

Etymology

From rôle + play.

Meanings

  1. Dated spelling of roleplay.
    • Looking at Traveller, I’d say offhand that the two most alien major races are the K’kree and the Hivers. But even they can be “explained” (well enough to rôleplay, anyway). 1998 December 11, Jeff Zeitlin, “Holy grail of SFRPGs? (re: traveller et al.)”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet):
    • Talking of sex rôleplaying, I must phone Janice :) 1999 January 2, Ouroboros, “Getting to know you more”, in uk.media.tv.friends (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rôleplaying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rôleplays Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rôleplayed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rôleplayed Tense=Past lexicographic