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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ron•deau (ron′dō, ron dō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -deaux (-dōz, -dōz′).USA pronunciation - Poetry[Pros.]a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- Music and Dancea 13th-century monophonic song form consisting of two phrases, each repeated several times, and occurring in the 14th and 15th centuries in polyphonic settings.
- Music and Dancea 17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form.
- Middle French: little circle; see rondel
- 1515–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rondeau /ˈrɒndəʊ/ n ( pl -deaux / -dəʊ -dəʊz/)- a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French, from rondel a little round, from rond round |