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rondel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
ron-del
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

The verse form rondeau.

noun

A rondelle, (small) circular object.

noun

A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).

noun

A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

rondels (plural) rondelle (alternative) roundel (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

rondelet rondle rondo roundelay roundlet

Synonyms

roundel rondeau

Questions

What does rondel mean?
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.
Where does rondel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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