rondo

See also: rondó and rondò

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒndəʊ
• Homophone: rondeau

Noun

rondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)

1. (music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
2. (countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
3. (countable) A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
4. (soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
   • 2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     And four years after Pep from Catalonia first clapped eyes on Phil from Stockport across a crowded rondo, here finally was the consummation.

5. (obsolete, uncountable) A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

Translations

musical composition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迴旋曲 / 回旋曲 (zh) (huíxuánqǔ)

• Finnish: rondo (fi)
• Irish: rondó m
• Russian: ро́ндо (ru) n (róndo)
• Spanish: rondó (es) m

small disk-shaped piece of food

dark-skinned hybrid variety of grape

• Finnish: rondo (fi)

soccer: training game

• French: rondo (fr) m
• Galician: rondo m
• German: Rondo (de) n
• Italian: torello (it) m
• Portuguese: bobinho (pt) m, roda de bobinho f, rodinha de bobo f
• Spanish: rondo (es) m

Anagrams

• Noord, donor

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrondo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: ron‧do

Noun

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

1. circle (as in a group of people)
   • 1891, “La Espero”, L. L. Zamenhof (lyrics):

     Sur neŭtrala lingva fundamento,
     komprenante unu la alian,
     la popoloj faros en konsento
     unu grandan rondon familian.

     On a neutral language basis,
     understanding one another,
     the people will make in agreement
     one great family circle.

Derived terms

• rondoplaco

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian rondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrondo/, [ˈro̞ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification^(key): ron‧do
• Hyphenation^(key): ron‧do

Noun

rondo

1. (music, poetry) rondo

Declension

Inflection of rondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		rondo	rondot
genitive		rondon	rondojen
partitive		rondoa	rondoja
illative		rondoon	rondoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rondo	rondot
accusative	nom.	rondo	rondot
	gen.	rondon
genitive		rondon	rondojen
partitive		rondoa	rondoja
inessive		rondossa	rondoissa
elative		rondosta	rondoista
illative		rondoon	rondoihin
adessive		rondolla	rondoilla
ablative		rondolta	rondoilta
allative		rondolle	rondoille
essive		rondona	rondoina
translative		rondoksi	rondoiksi
abessive		rondotta	rondoitta
instructive		—	rondoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rondoni rondoni accusative nom. rondoni rondoni gen. rondoni genitive rondoni rondojeni partitive rondoani rondojani inessive rondossani rondoissani elative rondostani rondoistani illative rondooni rondoihini adessive rondollani rondoillani ablative rondoltani rondoiltani allative rondolleni rondoilleni essive rondonani rondoinani translative rondokseni rondoikseni abessive rondottani rondoittani instructive — — comitative — rondoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rondosi rondosi accusative nom. rondosi rondosi gen. rondosi genitive rondosi rondojesi partitive rondoasi rondojasi inessive rondossasi rondoissasi elative rondostasi rondoistasi illative rondoosi rondoihisi adessive rondollasi rondoillasi ablative rondoltasi rondoiltasi allative rondollesi rondoillesi essive rondonasi rondoinasi translative rondoksesi rondoiksesi abessive rondottasi rondoittasi instructive — — comitative — rondoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rondomme rondomme accusative nom. rondomme rondomme gen. rondomme genitive rondomme rondojemme partitive rondoamme rondojamme inessive rondossamme rondoissamme elative rondostamme rondoistamme illative rondoomme rondoihimme adessive rondollamme rondoillamme ablative rondoltamme rondoiltamme allative rondollemme rondoillemme essive rondonamme rondoinamme translative rondoksemme rondoiksemme abessive rondottamme rondoittamme instructive — — comitative — rondoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rondonne rondonne accusative nom. rondonne rondonne gen. rondonne genitive rondonne rondojenne partitive rondoanne rondojanne inessive rondossanne rondoissanne elative rondostanne rondoistanne illative rondoonne rondoihinne adessive rondollanne rondoillanne ablative rondoltanne rondoiltanne allative rondollenne rondoillenne essive rondonanne rondoinanne translative rondoksenne rondoiksenne abessive rondottanne rondoittanne instructive — — comitative — rondoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rondonsa rondonsa accusative nom. rondonsa rondonsa gen. rondonsa genitive rondonsa rondojensa partitive rondoaan rondoansa rondojaan rondojansa inessive rondossaan rondossansa rondoissaan rondoissansa elative rondostaan rondostansa rondoistaan rondoistansa illative rondoonsa rondoihinsa adessive rondollaan rondollansa rondoillaan rondoillansa ablative rondoltaan rondoltansa rondoiltaan rondoiltansa allative rondolleen rondollensa rondoilleen rondoillensa essive rondonaan rondonansa rondoinaan rondoinansa translative rondokseen rondoksensa rondoikseen rondoiksensa abessive rondottaan rondottansa rondoittaan rondoittansa instructive — — comitative — rondoineen rondoinensa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

rondo m (plural rondos)

1. (music) rondo

Further reading

• “rondo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

From Italian rondo, from French rondeau. Doublet of raun, ronda, and ronde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔnd̪o]
• Hyphenation: ron‧do

Noun

rondo (plural rondo-rondo)

1. (music) rondo: a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains

Further reading

• “rondo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rondeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔn.dɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔndɔ
• Syllabification: ron‧do

Noun

rondo n (diminutive rondko)

1. roundabout, traffic circle
2. brim of a hat
3. (music) rondo
4. (poetry) rondeau

Declension

Declension of rondo

	singular	plural
nominative	rondo	ronda
genitive	ronda	rond
dative	rondu	rondom
accusative	rondo	ronda
instrumental	rondem	rondami
locative	rondzie	rondach
vocative	rondo	ronda

Derived terms

adjective

• rondowy

noun

• rondówka

Further reading

• “rondo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “rondo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans rond.

Relative

-rondo^?

1. round

Inflection

Relative concord

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	engirondo	ngirondo
2nd singular	orondo	urondo
1st plural	esirondo	sirondo
2nd plural	enirondo	nirondo
class 1	orondo	urondo
class 2	abarondo	barondo
class 3	orondo	urondo
class 4	erondo	irondo
class 5	elirondo	lirondo
class 6	arondo	arondo
class 7	esirondo	sirondo
class 8	ezirondo	zirondo
class 9	erondo	irondo
class 10	ezirondo	zirondo
class 14	oburondo	burondo
class 15	okurondo	kurondo
class 17	okurondo	kurondo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrondo/ [ˈrõn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: ron‧do

Etymology 1

Noun

rondo m (plural rondos)

1. (soccer) rondo; keep-away, piggy in the middle

Etymology 2

Verb

rondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rondar