rondelet
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
rondelet (plural rondelets)
- A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
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Etymology edit
From rondel + -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rondelet (feminine rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)
- quite round; roundish
- (by extension) large, hefty, significant
Further reading edit
- “rondelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rondelet m (plural rondelez)
- A roundelay, certain metric verse from