RONDEL
Dictionary entry overview: What does rondel mean? • RONDEL (noun)
The noun RONDEL has 1 sense:
1. a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Familiarity information: RONDEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RONDEL (noun)
Meaning:
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rondel; rondeau
Hypernyms ("rondel" is a kind of...):
poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rondel"):
roundel (English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third)
rondelet (a shorter form of rondeau)
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