Standard Lemma guide

rounded

adj · verb · 7 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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  • /ˈɹaʊndɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊndɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: R AW1 N D AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R AW1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Made into a circle or sphere.

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

Complete or balanced.

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

Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Ending in a broad arch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Pronounced with the lips drawn together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • The sound /u/ is a rounded vowel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unrounded

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of round

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • low rounded hills
  • rounded shoulders

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: angular

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: pyöristetty — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Finnish: pyöreä — made into a circle or a sphere
  • French: arrondi — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Hungarian: kerekített — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Hungarian: kikerekített — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Hungarian: lekerekített — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Hungarian: legömbölyített — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Latin: teres — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Macedonian: округлест (okruglest) — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Māori: kōpuku — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Māori: porokawa — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Māori: kōpio — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Marathi: गोलित (golit) — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avrundet — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Occitan: arredondit — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Polish: zaokrąglony — made into a circle or a sphere
  • Azerbaijani: dodaqlanan — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Catalan: arrodonit — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓唇 /圆唇 (yuánchún) — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Finnish: pyöreä — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • French: arrondi — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • German: gerundet — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Greek: στρογγυλός (strongylós) — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Hawaiian: mōkio — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Hungarian: ajakkerekítéses — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Hungarian: labiális — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Italian: arrotondato — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Malay: bundar — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Māori: kunekune — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Marathi: वर्तुलित स्वराने (vartulit svarāne) — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Eastern Mari: лабиал (labial) — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Eastern Mari: тӱрван (türvan) — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Occitan: arredondit — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Polish: zaokrąglony — pronounced with the lips drawn together
  • Spanish: redondeado — pronounced with the lips drawn together
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