rondo

Meaning

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

Synonyms

rondeau

Translations

Rondo

rondò

rondó

rondó

rondeau

rondo

rondo

المقطوعة الموسيقية

iki uyaklı 10-13 dizelik şiir

ronda

rondello

rondeel

rondo

rondó

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/

Etymology

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