rondeau

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel. Doublet of rondo.

“A rondeau!” said the curate, mechanically. — The three musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
Roundell: French, “rondeau;” a song that comes round again to the verse with which it opened, or that is taken up in turn by each of the singers. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
The great Rondeau, as it was called, and which became later the Bassin du Dragon, was excavated, and the Jardin Bas, or the Nouveau Parterre, with an oval depression, was also planned. — Royal Palaces and Parks of France, M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

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