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Webster 1913 Edition


Rondo

Ron′do

,
Noun.
[It.
rondò
, fr. F.
rondeau
. See
Rondeau
.]
1.
(Mus.)
A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
“The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction.”
Grove.
2.
(Poetry)
See
Rondeau
, 1.

Definition 2024


rondo

rondo

See also: rondó and rondò

English

Noun

rondo (plural rondos)

  1. (music) 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.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrondo/
  • Hyphenation: ron‧do

Noun

rondo (accusative singular rondon, plural rondoj, accusative plural rondojn)

  1. circle (as in a group of people)

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Spanish

Noun

rondo m (plural rondos)

  1. (music) rondo

Verb

rondo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of rondar.