Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tondo

/ˈtɒndoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: ton-do
IPA: /ˈtɒndoʊ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A round picture or other work of art.

name

A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

name

A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay

Example Sentences

"As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses."
"In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]"

Etymology

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: tondo, rotundus

Inflected Forms

tondos (plural) tondi (plural)

Phrases

imago clipeata

Frequently Paired Words

imago clipeata

Questions

How do you pronounce tondo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɒndoʊ/.
What does tondo mean?: A round picture or other work of art.
Where does tondo come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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