RONDO

rondo, rondeau

(noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)

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

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

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

(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.

(obsolete, uncountable) A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

Anagrams

• Noord, donor

Source: Wiktionary


Ron"do, n. Etym: [It. rondò, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau.]

1. (Mus.)

Definition: A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. "The Rondo-form was the earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction." Grove.

2. (Poetry)

Definition: See Rondeau, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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