rond

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See also: rönd

English

Pronunciation

Noun

rond (plural ronds)

  1. (Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rond, from Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔnt/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

rond (attributive ronde, comparative ronder, superlative rondste)

  1. round (circular, cylindrical or spherical)
  2. plump

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ront, from Old French reont, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rond (comparative ronder, superlative rondst)

  1. round, circular
  2. finished, completed

Inflection

Inflection of rond
uninflected rond
inflected ronde
comparative ronder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial rond ronder het rondst
het rondste
indefinite m./f. sing. ronde rondere rondste
n. sing. rond ronder rondste
plural ronde rondere rondste
definite ronde rondere rondste
partitive ronds ronders —

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: rond
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: rondo
  • Javindo: ron
  • Negerhollands: rond, ront, ron, run
  • → Papiamentu: rònt, rond

Adverb

rond

  1. around, about
  2. (postpositional) around (implying motion)
    De tuinier liep nog even de tuin rond. — The gardener walked around the garden just for a moment longer.

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Preposition

rond

  1. around
  2. concerning, related to

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of rond
preposition rond
postpositional adv. rond
+ het (it) errond
+ dit (this) hierrond
+ dat (that) daarrond
+ wat (what) waarrond
+ iets (something) ergens rond
+ niets (nothing) nergens rond
+ alles (everything) overal rond

Descendants

Noun

rond n (plural ronden, diminutive rondje n)

  1. sphericity
  2. circularity, roundness
  3. sphere
  4. circle
  5. round – of a race or of a tournament

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, dissimilated variant of Latin rotundus. Doublet of rotonde.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rond (feminine ronde, masculine plural ronds, feminine plural rondes)

  1. round (shape)
  2. (France, colloquial) drunk
    • 1980, “Jojo le Projo”, in Assez !, performed by Claude Nougaro:
      Derrière ton rond de lumière / T’es complètement rond, Jojo !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Noun

rond m (plural ronds)

  1. circle
  2. (informal) coin; (piece of) change, money
    ne pas avoir un rond ― have no money

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Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Adjective

rond m

  1. (Jersey) round

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rond or German Ronde.

Adjective

rond m or n (feminine singular rondă, masculine plural ronzi, feminine and neuter plural ronde)

  1. round

Declension

Declension of rond
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite rond rondă ronzi ronde
definite rondul ronda ronzii rondele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite rond ronde ronzi ronde
definite rondului rondei ronzilor rondelor

Noun

rond n (plural ronduri)

  1. round

Declension

Declension of rond
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rond rondul (niște) ronduri rondurile
genitive/dative (unui) rond rondului (unor) ronduri rondurilor
vocative rondule rondurilor

Swedish

Noun

rond c

  1. a bout (in boxing), a round (e.g. at a chess tournament)
  2. a round, a beat (e.g. at a hospital or by guards, also of the people making the rounds)

Declension

Declension of rond 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rond ronden ronder ronderna
Genitive ronds rondens ronders rondernas

References

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French reont, from Late Latin retundus, from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rond m (feminine singular ronde, masculine plural ronds, feminine plural rondes, feminine plural (before noun) rondès)

  1. round
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