rotonda

Catalan

Etymology

From Italian rotonda, feminine of rotondo (“round”). Equivalent to Catalan rodona.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /roˈton.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈton.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /roˈton.da/

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotondes)

1. (architecture) rotunda
2. roundabout, traffic circle

Related terms

• rodona
• rotund

Further reading

• “rotonda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish rotonda.

Noun

rotonda

1. roundabout; traffic circle

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈton.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: ro‧tón‧da

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotonde)

1. roundabout, rotary, traffic circle

   Synonym: rotatoria

2. (architecture) round terrace
3. (architecture) rotunda

Adjective

rotonda

1. feminine singular of rotondo

Anagrams

• rotando, tornado

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtonda/, [roˈt̪õn̪.d̪a]

Noun

rotonda f (plural rotondas)

1. roundabout (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and sometimes US), traffic circle (US, Canada), rotary (New England (US))

   Synonyms: glorieta, (Peru) óvalo, (Venezuela) redoma, (Ecuador y El Salvador) redondel

2. rotunda

Derived terms

• bilunabirrotonda
• birrotonda
• cupularrotonda
• girobirrotonda
• girocupularrotonda
• hebesfenorrotonda
• ortobirrotonda
• ortocupularrotonda
• turborrotonda

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: rotonda
• → Tagalog: rotonda

Further reading

• “rotonda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rotunda

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rotonda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧ton‧da
• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈtonda/, [ɾoˈtondɐ]

Noun

rotonda

1. roundabout; rotunda; traffic circle
2. (architecture) rotunda (a round building, usually small, often with a dome)
3. (architecture) rotunda (large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one with an arched roof)