English

Adjective

rotund ‎(comparative rotunder, superlative rotundest)

1. Having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, in Crime out of Mind:

     He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.

2. Round in body shape; portly or plump; podgy.
3. (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

Translations

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
• Notes:

1. ↑ The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English, p. 190, "rotate" entry

Anagrams

• untrod

Romanian

Alternative forms

• rătund (regional, dated)

Etymology

From Latin rotundus ‎(“round”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin form retundus, especially in the case of the variant form, rătund, which was the original form (compare Spanish and Portuguese redondo, archaic Italian ritondo, standard rotondo, Occitan redond, French rond). The current standard form of the word may simply be a natural evolution from the older form in southern Romania. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtund/

Adjective

rotund m, n ‎(feminine singular rotundă, masculine plural rotunzi, feminine and neuter plural rotunde)

1. round

Declension

Derived terms

• rotunji

References

1. ↑ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://dexonline.ro/definitie/rotund