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noun
A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rondeau
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classical music, classical, serious music
History
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
