English Explanatory Dictionary

rondo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
  2. A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
  3. A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
  4. A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
  5. A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rondo.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rondo.wav

Word forms

rondo rondos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.

Translations

French: rondo Galician: rondo German: Rondo Italian: torello Portuguese: bobinho Portuguese: roda de bobinho Portuguese: rodinha de bobo Spanish: rondo
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