rondel
pronunciation
How to pronounce rondel in British English:
UK ['rɒndl]
How to pronounce rondel in American English:
US ['rɒndəl]
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- Noun:
- a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Word Origin
- rondel (n.)
- late 14c. as a type of verse, from Old French rondel "short poem," literally "small circle" (13c.), diminutive of roont (fem. roonde) "circular" (see round (adj.)). Metrical form of 14 lines with only two rhymes. So called because the initial couplet is repeated at the end.