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Definition of rondel in English: rondelnoun ˈrɒnd(ə)l 1A rondeau, especially one of thirteen or fourteen lines set in three stanzas, with only two rhymes throughout and a two line refrain that opens the poem and recurs at the end of the second and third stanzas. Example sentencesExamples - Like all the poems in the cycle, it is cast as a rondel, with an ironic (here italicised) refrain.
- Does it matter whether one writes villanelles, rondels, sestinas or kyrielles?
- We are still writing sonnets, villanelles, sestinas, even pantoums and triolets, ballades and rondels, as well as inventing ‘nonce’ forms to suit our uses.
2A circular object or shape. at the point where these paths join there is a rondel with a fountain Example sentencesExamples - In those cases, any visible rank, name tag and the Air Force rondel on the aircraft are removed using photo software.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from rond 'round'; compare with roundel. Definition of rondel in US English: rondelnoun 1A rondeau, especially one of thirteen or fourteen lines set in three stanzas, with only two rhymes throughout and a two line refrain that opens the poem and recurs at the end of the second and third stanzas. Example sentencesExamples - Like all the poems in the cycle, it is cast as a rondel, with an ironic (here italicised) refrain.
- We are still writing sonnets, villanelles, sestinas, even pantoums and triolets, ballades and rondels, as well as inventing ‘nonce’ forms to suit our uses.
- Does it matter whether one writes villanelles, rondels, sestinas or kyrielles?
2A circular object or shape. at the point where these paths join there is a rondel with a fountain Example sentencesExamples - In those cases, any visible rank, name tag and the Air Force rondel on the aircraft are removed using photo software.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from rond ‘round’; compare with roundel. |