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English
Etymology
Middle French rondelet
Noun
rondelet (plural rondelets)
- 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
Adjective
rondelet (feminine rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)
- quite round; roundish
- (by extension) large, hefty, significant
Further reading
Middle French
Etymology
rondel + -et
Noun
rondelet m (plural rondelez)
- A roundelay, certain metric verse from