rondeau
[ ron-doh, ron-doh ]
/ ˈrɒn doʊ, rɒnˈdoʊ /
noun, plural ron·deaux [ron-dohz, ron-dohz] /ˈrɒn doʊz, rɒnˈdoʊz/.
Prosody.
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
a 13th-century monophonic song form consisting of two phrases, each repeated several times, and occurring in the 14th and 15th centuries in polyphonic settings.
a 17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form.
Origin of rondeau
1515–25; < Middle French: little circle; see
rondel
Words nearby rondeau
roncesvalles,
ronco,
rond de jambe,
rondavel,
ronde,
rondeau,
rondel,
rondelet,
rondelle,
rondo,
rondure
Example sentences from the Web for rondeau
British Dictionary definitions for rondeau
rondeau
/ (ˈrɒndəʊ) /
noun plural -deaux (-dəʊ, -dəʊz)
a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain
See also roundel
Word Origin for rondeau
C16: from Old French, from
rondel a little round, from
rond
round