rondeau
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doʊ, rɒnˈdoʊ noun, plural ron·deaux [-dohz, -dohz] .
[-dohz, -dohz] . 1.
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
2.
a 13th-century monophonic song form consisting of two phrases, each repeated several times, and occurring in the 14th and 15th centuries in polyphonic settings.
3.
a 17th-century musical form consisting of a refrain alternating with contrasting couplets, developing in the 18th century into the sonata-rondo form.
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| —n , pl -deaux | |
| See also roundel a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain | |
| [C16: from Old French, from rondel a little round, from rond | |
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Rondeau
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
rondeau
1525, from M.Fr. rondeau, from O.Fr. rondel (see rondel). Metrical form of 10 or 13 lines with only two rhymes.
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Rondeau said this is the best way to market this product effectively.
Cut the pancetta into cubes and render in a large sauté pan or medium-sized rondeau.
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