rondelet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rondelet (plural rondelets)
- A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From rondel + -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rondelet (feminine rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)
- quite round; roundish
- (by extension) large, hefty, significant
Further reading[edit]
- “rondelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rondelet m (plural rondelez)
- A roundelay, certain metric verse from
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