rondelet

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English

Etymology

Middle French rondelet

Noun

rondelet (plural rondelets)

  1. A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From rondel +‎ -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.dlɛ/
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Adjective

rondelet (feminine rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)

  1. quite round; roundish
  2. (by extension) large, hefty, significant

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

rondel +‎ -et

Noun

rondelet m (plural rondelez)

  1. A roundelay, certain metric verse from