Rondel Definition

rŏndəl, rŏn-dĕl
noun
A kind of rondeau, usually with fourteen lines, two rhymes, and the first two lines used as a refrain in the middle and at the end (the second line occasionally being omitted at the end)
Webster's New World
A circular object; esp., a small round or disk-shaped bead used as a spacer, as in a necklace.
Webster's New World
A poem in the above form.
Wiktionary

The verse form rondeau.

Wiktionary
A poem in the above rondeau form.
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Other Word Forms of Rondel

Noun

Singular:
rondel
Plural:
rondels

Origin of Rondel

  • From Middle English, from Old French, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront (“circular"), probably originally *redond, from Latin rotundus (“like a wheel, circular, round")., related to rota (“wheel").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French diminutive of ronde circle, round round1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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