tondo

See also: Tondo and tóndo

English

A tondo, Das Mädchen mit den Dominosteinen by Albert Anker, 19th c

Etymology

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒndoʊ/

Noun

tondo (plural tondos or tondi)

1. A round picture or other work of art.
   • 1983, Rudolf Arnheim, The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 135:

     As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.

   • 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34:

     In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]

Translations

a round work of art

• Czech: tondo n
• Italian: tondo (it) m
• Russian: то́ндо (ru) n (tóndo)
• Ukrainian: то́ндо n (tóndo)

See also

• imago clipeata

Further reading

• tondo (art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -odont

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian tondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtondo/, [ˈt̪o̞ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification^(key): ton‧do

Noun

tondo

1. (art) tondo

Declension

Inflection of tondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tondo	tondot
genitive		tondon	tondojen
partitive		tondoa	tondoja
illative		tondoon	tondoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tondo	tondot
accusative	nom.	tondo	tondot
	gen.	tondon
genitive		tondon	tondojen
partitive		tondoa	tondoja
inessive		tondossa	tondoissa
elative		tondosta	tondoista
illative		tondoon	tondoihin
adessive		tondolla	tondoilla
ablative		tondolta	tondoilta
allative		tondolle	tondoille
essive		tondona	tondoina
translative		tondoksi	tondoiksi
abessive		tondotta	tondoitta
instructive		—	tondoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tondoni tondoni accusative nom. tondoni tondoni gen. tondoni genitive tondoni tondojeni partitive tondoani tondojani inessive tondossani tondoissani elative tondostani tondoistani illative tondooni tondoihini adessive tondollani tondoillani ablative tondoltani tondoiltani allative tondolleni tondoilleni essive tondonani tondoinani translative tondokseni tondoikseni abessive tondottani tondoittani instructive — — comitative — tondoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tondosi tondosi accusative nom. tondosi tondosi gen. tondosi genitive tondosi tondojesi partitive tondoasi tondojasi inessive tondossasi tondoissasi elative tondostasi tondoistasi illative tondoosi tondoihisi adessive tondollasi tondoillasi ablative tondoltasi tondoiltasi allative tondollesi tondoillesi essive tondonasi tondoinasi translative tondoksesi tondoiksesi abessive tondottasi tondoittasi instructive — — comitative — tondoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tondomme tondomme accusative nom. tondomme tondomme gen. tondomme genitive tondomme tondojemme partitive tondoamme tondojamme inessive tondossamme tondoissamme elative tondostamme tondoistamme illative tondoomme tondoihimme adessive tondollamme tondoillamme ablative tondoltamme tondoiltamme allative tondollemme tondoillemme essive tondonamme tondoinamme translative tondoksemme tondoiksemme abessive tondottamme tondoittamme instructive — — comitative — tondoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tondonne tondonne accusative nom. tondonne tondonne gen. tondonne genitive tondonne tondojenne partitive tondoanne tondojanne inessive tondossanne tondoissanne elative tondostanne tondoistanne illative tondoonne tondoihinne adessive tondollanne tondoillanne ablative tondoltanne tondoiltanne allative tondollenne tondoillenne essive tondonanne tondoinanne translative tondoksenne tondoiksenne abessive tondottanne tondoittanne instructive — — comitative — tondoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tondonsa tondonsa accusative nom. tondonsa tondonsa gen. tondonsa genitive tondonsa tondojensa partitive tondoaan tondoansa tondojaan tondojansa inessive tondossaan tondossansa tondoissaan tondoissansa elative tondostaan tondostansa tondoistaan tondoistansa illative tondoonsa tondoihinsa adessive tondollaan tondollansa tondoillaan tondoillansa ablative tondoltaan tondoltansa tondoiltaan tondoiltansa allative tondolleen tondollensa tondoilleen tondoillensa essive tondonaan tondonansa tondoinaan tondoinansa translative tondokseen tondoksensa tondoikseen tondoiksensa abessive tondottaan tondottansa tondoittaan tondoittansa instructive — — comitative — tondoineen tondoinensa

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tundus, back-derived from Late Latin retundus, whence older Italian ritondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈton.do/
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Hyphenation: tón‧do

Adjective

tondo (feminine tonda, masculine plural tondi, feminine plural tonde)

1. round, circular

   Synonyms: rotondo, (archaic) ritondo

2. (figurative) exactly, precisely

Noun

tondo m (plural tondi)

1. circle
2. (art) tondo (round picture or other work of art)

Derived terms

• in tondo
• girotondo
• tondi

Lingala

Verb

tondo

1. to thank

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian tondo.

Noun

tondo n (plural tondouri)

1. tondo

Declension

Declension of tondo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tondo	tondoul	(niște) tondouri	tondourile
genitive/dative	(unui) tondo	tondoului	(unor) tondouri	tondourilor
vocative	tondoule		tondourilor