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rotund

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɹoʊ̯ˈtʌnd/
  • CMU ARPABET: R OW0 T AH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

excessively fat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a weighty man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corpulent, obese, weighty

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

(of sounds) full and rich

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • orotund tones
  • the rotund and reverberating phrase
  • pear-shaped vowels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orotund, round, pear-shaped

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

spherical in shape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth2- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кръгъл (krǎgǎl) — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Catalan: rotund — Having a round or spherical shape
  • French: rond — Having a round or spherical shape
  • German: rundlich — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Italian: rotondo — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Italian: tondo — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Latin: rotundus — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Macedonian: трка́лезен (trkálezen) — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Macedonian: за́облен (záoblen) — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Portuguese: rotundo — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Spanish: redondo — Having a round or spherical shape
  • Bulgarian: закръглен (zakrǎglen) — Round in body shape
  • French: rond — Round in body shape
  • German: rundlich — Round in body shape
  • Italian: rotondo — Round in body shape
  • Macedonian: по́лничок (pólničok) — Round in body shape
  • Macedonian: дебе́личок (debéličok) — Round in body shape
  • Māori: pukunati — Round in body shape
  • Spanish: gordura — Round in body shape
  • Bulgarian: плътен (plǎten) — (of a sound) Full and rich
  • Bulgarian: звучен (zvučen) — (of a sound) Full and rich
  • Macedonian: зву́чен (zvúčen) — (of a sound) Full and rich
  • Spanish: sonoro — (of a sound) Full and rich