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- Old French · derived fromrondel
- Middle French · derived fromrondeau
- English todayrondeau
From Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel. Doublet of rondo.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rondeau
Today it means: A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas. Full definition →
Middle French rondeau ← Old French rondel