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rondo.

A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/
  1. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

    countable
  2. A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.

    countable
  3. A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.

    countable
  4. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.

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