Meanings
plural rondos
- countableentertainmentA musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- countableA small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
- countableA dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
- 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 - obsoleteuncountableA gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rondo
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Cite this entry
rondo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo
“rondo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rondo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rondo.
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