rondo

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/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/

noun

A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

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Meanings

nounrondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)

plural rondos

  1. countableentertainmentA musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
  2. countableA small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
  3. countableA dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
  4. countableuncountableball gamesA 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.

    And four years after Pep from Catalonia first clapped eyes on Phil from Stockport across a crowded rondo, here finally was the consummation.

    2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian
  5. obsoleteuncountableA gambling game played with small balls on a table.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

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Origin

  1. Frenchrondeau
  2. Italianrondò
  3. Englishrondo

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 迴旋曲 /回旋曲
  • 迴旋曲 /回旋曲 (huíxuánqǔ)musical composition
Finnish rondo, rondo
  • rondomusical composition
  • rondodark-skinned hybrid variety of grape
French rondo
  • rondosoccer: training game
German Rondo
  • Rondosoccer: training game
Irish rondó
  • rondómusical composition
Italian torello
  • torellosoccer: training game
Portuguese bobinho, roda de bobinho
  • bobinhosoccer: training game
  • roda de bobinhosoccer: training game
  • rodinha de bobosoccer: training game
Russian ро́ндо
  • ро́ндо (róndo)musical composition
Spanish rondó, rondo
  • rondómusical composition
  • rondosoccer: training game

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Cite this entry
APA

rondo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo

MLA

“rondo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rondo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo.

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