rondo

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/

Definition of rondo

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (countable)A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
  2. (countable)A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
  3. (countable)A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
  4. (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.”
  5. (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.

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