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rondelet

rondelet

English

Noun

rondelet (plural rondelets)

  1. A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃d.lɛ/

Etymology

From rondel + -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French

Adjective

rondelet m (feminine singular rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)

  1. quite round; roundish
  2. (by extension) large, hefty, significant

Middle French

Etymology

rondel + -et

Noun

rondelet m (plural rondelez)

  1. A roundelay, certain metric verse from