rondo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 5
Definition of rondo
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)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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noun
- (countable)A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- (countable)A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
- (countable)A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
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(countable, uncountable)A 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.”
- (obsolete, uncountable)A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.
Words you can make from rondo
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