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RONDEAU
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Irregular inflected form: rondeaux
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Synonyms:
rondeau; rondel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rondeau" is a kind of...):
poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rondeau"):
roundel (English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third)
rondelet (a shorter form of rondeau)
Derivation:
rondelet (a shorter form of rondeau)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
Synonyms:
rondeau; rondo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rondeau" is a kind of...):
classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
