rotunda

See also: Rotunda

English

rotunda in architecture

Alternative forms

• (typography): Rotunda

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda, from rotundus (“round”). In the architectural sense, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/
• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda (plural rotundas or rotundae)

2. (architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
   • 1976, Bridget Cherry, “Ecclesiastical architecture”, in David M[ackenzie] Wilson, editor, The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, London: Methuen & Co Ltd, →ISBN, pages 188–189:

     The rotunda begun but never completed by Abbot Wulfric (1047–59) at St Augustine’s Abbey as a link between the church of St Mary and that of St Peter and St Paul is an unusual and ambitious example of mid-eleventh-century English architecture which partly survives (fig. 4.6, top). […] Many of these rotundae are known to have had a special funerary function (as was the case at Canterbury).

   • 1998, “Antiquity”, in Bruce Almberg, Charles Earle, Michael Robinson, Katja Steiner, transl., edited by Stefan Grundmann, The Architecture of Rome: An Architectural History in 400 Individual Presentations, Stuttgart, London: Edition Axel Menges, →ISBN, page 29, column 2:

     The purely Greek character of the temple is revealed in the fact that there is no portico aligning the structure; Roman tholoi and rotundae are usually distinguished by a portico.

   • 2014 December, Mary Mills, “Foot Tunnels beneath the River Thames”, in Nick Catford, editor, Subterranea, number 37, Ascot, Berkshire: Subterranea Britannica, →ISSN, page 66, column 2:

     Access to the shafts is gained via a brick entrance rotunda below a glass dome. The walls of these rotundae are built over the outer edge of caissons which hold the shafts; […]

4. (typography, frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.
5. (Philippines) A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
6. (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

Derived terms

• band rotunda

Related terms

• r rotunda

Translations

architecture: round building, often with a dome

• Bulgarian: ротонда f (rotonda)
• Catalan: rotonda (ca) f
• Czech: rotunda (cs) f
• Finnish: rotunda
• French: rotonde (fr) f
• German: Rotunde (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: θόλος m (thólos)

• Irish: cruinnteach m
• Latin: tholus m
• Polish: rotunda (pl) f
• Russian: рото́нда (ru) f (rotónda)

typography: Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script

• Finnish: rotunda
• German: Halbgotisch f, Rotunda f, Rundgotisch f
• Polish: rotunda (pl) f

roundabout — see roundabout

Anagrams

• toundra

Catalan

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotund

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

1. a roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrotunda]
• Rhymes: -unda

Noun

rotunda f

1. rotunda (building)

Declension

Declension of rotunda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	rotunda	rotundy
genitive	rotundy	rotund
dative	rotundě	rotundám
accusative	rotundu	rotundy
vocative	rotundo	rotundy
locative	rotundě	rotundách
instrumental	rotundou	rotundami

Related terms

• See rotor

Further reading

• “rotunda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “rotunda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rotunda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotundɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪undɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otundɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

1. rotunda

Declension

Inflection of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		rotunda	rotundat
genitive		rotundan	rotundojen
partitive		rotundaa	rotundoja
illative		rotundaan	rotundoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rotunda	rotundat
accusative	nom.	rotunda	rotundat
	gen.	rotundan
genitive		rotundan	rotundojen rotundain rare
partitive		rotundaa	rotundoja
inessive		rotundassa	rotundoissa
elative		rotundasta	rotundoista
illative		rotundaan	rotundoihin
adessive		rotundalla	rotundoilla
ablative		rotundalta	rotundoilta
allative		rotundalle	rotundoille
essive		rotundana	rotundoina
translative		rotundaksi	rotundoiksi
abessive		rotundatta	rotundoitta
instructive		—	rotundoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rotundani rotundani accusative nom. rotundani rotundani gen. rotundani genitive rotundani rotundojeni rotundaini rare partitive rotundaani rotundojani inessive rotundassani rotundoissani elative rotundastani rotundoistani illative rotundaani rotundoihini adessive rotundallani rotundoillani ablative rotundaltani rotundoiltani allative rotundalleni rotundoilleni essive rotundanani rotundoinani translative rotundakseni rotundoikseni abessive rotundattani rotundoittani instructive — — comitative — rotundoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rotundasi rotundasi accusative nom. rotundasi rotundasi gen. rotundasi genitive rotundasi rotundojesi rotundaisi rare partitive rotundaasi rotundojasi inessive rotundassasi rotundoissasi elative rotundastasi rotundoistasi illative rotundaasi rotundoihisi adessive rotundallasi rotundoillasi ablative rotundaltasi rotundoiltasi allative rotundallesi rotundoillesi essive rotundanasi rotundoinasi translative rotundaksesi rotundoiksesi abessive rotundattasi rotundoittasi instructive — — comitative — rotundoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rotundamme rotundamme accusative nom. rotundamme rotundamme gen. rotundamme genitive rotundamme rotundojemme rotundaimme rare partitive rotundaamme rotundojamme inessive rotundassamme rotundoissamme elative rotundastamme rotundoistamme illative rotundaamme rotundoihimme adessive rotundallamme rotundoillamme ablative rotundaltamme rotundoiltamme allative rotundallemme rotundoillemme essive rotundanamme rotundoinamme translative rotundaksemme rotundoiksemme abessive rotundattamme rotundoittamme instructive — — comitative — rotundoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rotundanne rotundanne accusative nom. rotundanne rotundanne gen. rotundanne genitive rotundanne rotundojenne rotundainne rare partitive rotundaanne rotundojanne inessive rotundassanne rotundoissanne elative rotundastanne rotundoistanne illative rotundaanne rotundoihinne adessive rotundallanne rotundoillanne ablative rotundaltanne rotundoiltanne allative rotundallenne rotundoillenne essive rotundananne rotundoinanne translative rotundaksenne rotundoiksenne abessive rotundattanne rotundoittanne instructive — — comitative — rotundoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rotundansa rotundansa accusative nom. rotundansa rotundansa gen. rotundansa genitive rotundansa rotundojensa rotundainsa rare partitive rotundaansa rotundojaan rotundojansa inessive rotundassaan rotundassansa rotundoissaan rotundoissansa elative rotundastaan rotundastansa rotundoistaan rotundoistansa illative rotundaansa rotundoihinsa adessive rotundallaan rotundallansa rotundoillaan rotundoillansa ablative rotundaltaan rotundaltansa rotundoiltaan rotundoiltansa allative rotundalleen rotundallensa rotundoilleen rotundoillensa essive rotundanaan rotundanansa rotundoinaan rotundoinansa translative rotundakseen rotundaksensa rotundoikseen rotundoiksensa abessive rotundattaan rotundattansa rotundoittaan rotundoittansa instructive — — comitative — rotundoineen rotundoinensa

Latin

Adjective

rotunda

1. inflection of rotundus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

rotundā

1. ablative feminine singular of rotundus

References

• rotunda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

rotunda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈtun.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da
• Homophone: Rotunda

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian rotonda.

Noun

rotunda f (diminutive rotundka, related adjective rotundowy)

1. (countable) rotunda (round building, usually small, often with a dome)

   Synonym: okrąglak

2. (countable) rotunda (representative circular hall, typical of Baroque and Classical palaces)
3. (countable, historical) long women's coat, cut in a circular shape, fastened from top to bottom with small buttons, with vertical arm slits, popular in the 19th century

Declension

Declension of rotunda

	singular	plural
nominative	rotunda	rotundy
genitive	rotundy	rotund
dative	rotundzie	rotundom
accusative	rotundę	rotundy
instrumental	rotundą	rotundami
locative	rotundzie	rotundach
vocative	rotundo	rotundy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Rotunda.

Noun

rotunda f (related adjective rotundowy)

1. (uncountable, typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th century; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based)

Declension

Declension of rotunda

	singular
nominative	rotunda
genitive	rotundy
dative	rotundzie
accusative	rotundę
instrumental	rotundą
locative	rotundzie
vocative	rotundo

Derived terms

nouns

• Rotunda

 

Further reading

• rotunda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rotunda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• rotunda in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [hoˈtũ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [hoˈtũ.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈtũ.dɐ/ [χoˈtũ.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈtũ.da/ [hoˈtũ.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈtũ.dɐ/

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotundo

Noun

rotunda f (plural rotundas)

1. (Portugal, Macau) traffic circle, roundabout

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtunda/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotundo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English rotunda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾoˈtunda/ [ɾoˈt̪un̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. Alternative form of rotonda