rondel

== English == === Alternative forms === rondelle (uncommon in the musical or poetic senses) (dagger): roundel === Etymology === From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”). === Noun === rondel (plural rondels) A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two. The verse form rondeau. A rondelle, (small) circular object. (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name). (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. ==== Synonyms ==== roundel ==== Related terms ==== rondelet rondle rondo roundelay roundlet ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lorden, Nolder, rondle == Old French == === Noun === rondel oblique singular, m (oblique plural rondeaus or rondeax or rondiaus or rondiax or rondels, nominative singular rondeaus or rondeax or rondiaus or rondiax or rondels, nominative plural rondel) circular or round object rondel; type of poem ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: rondel, rondeau French: rondel, rondeau, ⇒ rondelle (see there for further descendants) → Romanian: rondel → Italian: rondello → Middle English: rondel, rundell, roundel, roundell English: rondel, roundel, roundell, roundle → Spanish: rondel == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rondelle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔn.dɛl/ Rhymes: -ɔndɛl Syllabification: ron‧del === Noun === rondel m inan (diminutive rondelek) pan, saucepan (deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces) Hypernym: garnek (historical, military) barbican (tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town) Synonym: barbakan ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ukrainian: ро́ндель (róndelʹ) === Further reading === “rondel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “rondel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) rondel in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian rondello or French rondel. === Noun === rondel n (plural rondeluri) rondel ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Noun === rondel m (plural rondeles) rondel (poem) === Further reading === “rondel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025