rondel
English
Etymology
From Middle English roundel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).
Noun
rondel (plural rondels)
- A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
- The verse form rondeau.
- A rondelle, (small) circular object.
- (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
- (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Synonyms
Translations
rondeau — see rondeau
long thin medieval dagger
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Old French
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔn.dɛl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔndɛl
- Syllabification: ron‧del
Noun
rondel m inan (diminutive rondelek)
Declension
Romanian
Declension
Declension of rondel
Spanish
Further reading
- “rondel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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