RONDEL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("rondel" 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 "rondel"):

roundel (English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third)

rondelet (a shorter form of rondeau)