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ron⋅do

[ron-doh, ron-doh]
–noun, plural -dos. Music.
a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.

Origin:
1790–1800; < It < F rondeau; see rondel
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ron·do   (rŏn'dō, rŏn-dō')   
n.   pl. ron·dos
A musical composition built on the alternation of a principal recurring theme and contrasting episodes.

[Italian rondò, from French rondeau, rondeau; see rondeau.]
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rondo 
1797, "musical composition of one principal theme," from It. rondo, from Fr. rondeau, rondel, from O.Fr. rondel "little round" (see rondel).
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