rotund
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”).[1] Doublet of round.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editrotund (comparative rotunder, superlative rotundest)
- Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
- 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →ISBN, p. 96–97
- Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.
- Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
- (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.
Synonyms
edit- (having a round body shape): chubby, tubby; see also Thesaurus:overweight
- (full and rich sound): booming, resounding; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
Translations
editHaving a round or spherical shape
Round in body shape
(of a sound) Full and rich
References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “rotund”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- Notes:
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin rotundus. First attested in 1917.[1] Compare the inherited doublet rodó.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editrotund (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotunds, feminine plural rotundes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “rotund”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
edit- “rotund” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “rotund” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “rotund” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
editAlternative forms
edit- rătund — regional, dated
Etymology
editPer most sources, borrowed from Latin rotundus, but alternatively may represent a crossing of older Romanian rătund (inherited from the Late Latin variant retundus) with words like roată (“wheel”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editrotund m or n (feminine singular rotundă, masculine plural rotunzi, feminine and neuter plural rotunde)
Declension
editDeclension of rotund
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | rotund | rotundă | rotunzi | rotunde | ||
definite | rotundul | rotunda | rotunzii | rotundele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | rotund | rotunde | rotunzi | rotunde | ||
definite | rotundului | rotundei | rotunzilor | rotundilor |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- rotund in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/reˈtʊnd-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
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