rondelet
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French rondelet
Noun
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
Etymology
From rondel + -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French
Pronunciation
Adjective
rondelet (feminine rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)
- quite round; roundish
- (by extension) large, hefty, significant
Further reading
- “rondelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Noun
rondelet m (plural rondelez)
- A roundelay, certain metric verse from
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