Music a composition or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having its principal theme stated three or more times in the same key, interposed with subordinate themes
Origin:
It < Fr rondeau: see rondeau
See rondo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.ron·dos
A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes.
Origin:
Origin: Italian rondò
Origin: , from French rondeau, rondeau; see rondeau