noun
Meaning 1
Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the London Underground roundel
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
roundel
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noun
Meaning 2
A roundelay or rondelay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 3
A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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noun
Meaning 4
A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
Meaning 5
A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: cockade
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A bastion of a circular form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
An umbrella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
(heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a hollow roundel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: annulet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
noun
Meaning 9
round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
noun
Meaning 10
English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rondeau, rondel
History
Etymology
From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кръгче (krǎgče) — anything having a round form
- Bulgarian: рондо (rondo) — music: a roundelay or rondelay
- Latin: parmula — a small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter
- Dutch: koek — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Finnish: ympyrä — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- French: tourteau — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- French: besant — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- German: Kugel — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Irish: cruinneán — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Italian: torta — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Italian: tortello — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Italian: bisante — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Spanish: roel — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Swedish: rundel — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Swedish: kula — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Swedish: bysantin — heraldry: a circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle
- Chinese Mandarin: 圓標 /圆标 (yuánbiāo) — aviation: a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service
- Finnish: kokardi — aviation: a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service
- Marathi: राउंडेल (rāuṇḍel) — aviation: a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service
- Bulgarian: цитадела (citadela) — a bastion of a circular form
- Polish: basteja — a bastion of a circular form