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rondeau

ron·deau
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ron-doh, ron-doh]
    • /ˈrɒn doʊ, rɒnˈdoʊ/
    • /ˈrɒn.dəʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ron-doh, ron-doh]
    • /ˈrɒn doʊ, rɒnˈdoʊ/

Definitions of rondeau word

  • noun plural rondeau Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain. 1
  • noun plural rondeau a 13th-century monophonic song form consisting of two phrases, each repeated several times, and occurring in the 14th and 15th centuries in polyphonic settings. 1
  • noun plural rondeau a 17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form. 1
  • noun rondeau a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain 0
  • noun rondeau a short, lyrical poem of usually fifteen lines (three stanzas), with only two rhymes and with an unrhymed refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas 0
  • abbreviation RONDEAU rondo 0

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Origin of rondeau

First appearance:

before 1515
One of the 27% oldest English words
1515-25; < Middle French: little circle; see rondel

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Parts of speech for Rondeau

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rondeau popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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