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tondo

[ ton-doh; Italian tawn-daw ]

noun

, plural ton·di [ton, -dee, tawn, -dee].
  1. a round painting or relief.


tondo

/ ˈtɒndəʊ /

noun

  1. a circular easel painting or relief carving


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo1

First recorded in 1885–90; from Italian: “plate, circle, round painting,” noun use of the adjective: “round,” shortening of rotondo, from Latin rotundus “wheel-shaped, circular, round”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tondo1

C19: from Italian: a circle, shortened from rotondo round

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Example Sentences

This picture and the tondo of the same subject are by many critics ascribed to Botticelli.

Following the fashion made popular by the Della Robbias, the artist chose for his composition the round picture, or tondo.

Thence they drew towards the Town of Tondo, which is divided into Quarters.

The Comedy Company of Tondo was about to give a play, and the audience was settling for its enjoyment.

In most of the houses that the cars passed in the big native quarter of Tondo, furniture was scanty.

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