rotonde

English

Etymology

French rotonde

Noun

rotonde (plural rotondes)

1. (historical) A ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• rontonde (misconstruction)

Etymology

Borrowed from French rotonde, from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotondus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roːˈtɔn.də/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧ton‧de
• Rhymes: -ɔndə

Noun

rotonde f (plural rotondes or rotonden, diminutive rotondetje n)

1. A roundabout (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island). [from ca. 1940]

   Synonyms: rondpunt, verkeersplein

2. (dated) A rotunda.
3. (obsolete) A sleeveless coat worn by women.

Derived terms

• fietsrotonde
• gasrotonde
• ovatonde
• turborotonde

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: rotònde

Anagrams

• troonde

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda, feminine of rotundus. Doublet of rond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.tɔ̃d/

• Audio

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Noun

rotonde f (plural rotondes)

1. (architecture) rotunda

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈton.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: ro‧tón‧de

Adjective

rotonde

1. feminine plural of rotondo

Noun

rotonde f

1. plural of rotonda