tondo

See also: tóndo

English

A tondo, Das Mädchen mit den Dominosteinen by Albert Anker, 19th c

Etymology

From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒndoʊ/

Noun

tondo (plural tondos or tondi)

1. A round picture or other work of art.
   • 1983, Rudolf Arnheim, The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, Univ of California Press (→ISBN), page 135:

     As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.

   • 2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press (→ISBN), page 34:

     In the tondo of a cup in the Louvre we see a young slave, a pais, dip an oenochoe into a garlanded krater; he is holding a cup in the other hand and is about to serve drinks (fig. 20).” By isolating this detail, the painter implies all the aspects of a […]

Translations

a round work of art

• Italian: tondo (it) m

• Russian: то́ндо (ru) n (tóndo)
• Ukrainian: то́ндо n (tóndo)

See also

• imago clipeata

Further reading

• tondo (art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -odont

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian tondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtondo/, [ˈt̪o̞ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Hyphenation: ton‧do

Noun

tondo

1. (art) tondo

Declension

Inflection of tondo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tondo	tondot
genitive		tondon	tondojen
partitive		tondoa	tondoja
illative		tondoon	tondoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tondo	tondot
accusative	nom.	tondo	tondot
	gen.	tondon
genitive		tondon	tondojen
partitive		tondoa	tondoja
inessive		tondossa	tondoissa
elative		tondosta	tondoista
illative		tondoon	tondoihin
adessive		tondolla	tondoilla
ablative		tondolta	tondoilta
allative		tondolle	tondoille
essive		tondona	tondoina
translative		tondoksi	tondoiksi
instructive		—	tondoin
abessive		tondotta	tondoitta
comitative		—	tondoineen

Possessive forms of tondo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tondoni	tondomme
2nd person	tondosi	tondonne
3rd person	tondonsa

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Italian

Etymology

Clipping of ritondo, old variant of rotondo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ondo

Adjective

tondo (feminine singular tonda, masculine plural tondi, feminine plural tonde)

1. round, circular

   Synonyms: rotondo, ritondo (archaic)

Noun

tondo m (plural tondi)

1. circle
2. (art) tondo (round picture or other work of art)

Derived terms

• cifra tonda
• in / a tondo
• a tutto tondo
• girotondo
• tonda di fianchi
• tondi tondi