Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A dance in a circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Anything having a round form; a roundel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: song, vocal
History
From Middle French rondelet, diminutive of Old French rondel (French: rondeau). Ending -lay either from lay (“ballad or sung poem”), or from virelay.
