Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
 
Help
Related Searches
Nearby Words

rondeau

 - 3 dictionary results
Rondeau at Amazon
Low prices on new & used music. Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com/music

ron⋅deau

  [ron-doh, ron-doh]
Use rondeau in a Sentence
–noun, plural -deaux  [-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.
Origin:
1515–25; < MF: little circle; see rondel
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To rondeau
Rondeau at Amazon
Low prices on new & used music. Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com/music
ron·deau   (rŏn'dō, rŏn-dō')   
n.   pl. ron·deaux (-dōz, -dōz')

  1. A lyrical poem of French origin having 13 or sometimes 10 lines with two rhymes throughout and with the opening phrase repeated twice as a refrain.

  2. A medieval French song, either monophonic, as in the songs of the trouvères, or polyphonic in construction.


[French, alteration of Old French rondel; see rondel.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see rondeau on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way