rondel

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English

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. The verse form rondeau.
  3. A rondelle, (small) circular object.
  4. (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
  5. (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

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Old French

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)

  1. circular or round object
  2. rondel; type of poem

Descendants

  • English: rondel, rondeau (via French)
  • French: rondeau

Polish

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rondel sense 1
rondel sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from French rondelle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔn.dɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔndɛl
  • Syllabification: ron‧del

Noun

rondel m inan (diminutive rondelek)

  2. pan, saucepan (deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces)
    Hypernym: garnek
  4. (historical, military) barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town)
    Synonym: barbakan

Declension

Declension of rondel
singular plural
nominative rondel rondle
genitive rondla rondli
dative rondlowi rondlom
accusative rondel rondle
instrumental rondlem rondlami
locative rondlu rondlach
vocative rondlu rondle

Further reading

  • rondel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rondel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • rondel in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rondello or French rondel.

Noun

rondel n (plural rondeluri)

  1. rondel

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative rondel rondelul rondeluri rondelurile
genitive-dative rondel rondelului rondeluri rondelurilor
vocative rondelule rondelurilor

Spanish

Noun

rondel m (plural rondeles)

  1. rondel (poem)

Further reading

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