rondel
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Etymology
From Middle English rondel, 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
Related terms
Translations
rondeau — see rondeau
long thin medieval dagger
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Anagrams
Noun
rondel oblique singular, m (oblique plural rondeaus or rondeax or rondiaus or rondiax or rondels, nominative singular rondeaus or rondeax or rondiaus or rondiax or rondels, nominative plural rondel)
Descendants
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rondel m inan (diminutive rondelek)
- pan, saucepan (deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces)
- Hypernym: garnek
- (historical, military) barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
- Synonym: barbakan
Declension
Declension of rondel
Further reading
Etymology
Noun
rondel n (plural rondeluri)
Declension
Declension of rondel
Noun
rondel m (plural rondeles)
- rondel (poem)
Further reading
- “rondel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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