rondelet

Etymology

Middle French rondelet

Noun

rondelet (plural rondelets)

1. 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

Anagrams

• Del Norte, redolent

Etymology

From rondel +‎ -et. Rondel has become rondeau in Modern French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃d.lɛ/

Adjective

rondelet (feminine singular rondelette, masculine plural rondelets, feminine plural rondelettes)

1. quite round; roundish
2. (by extension) large, hefty, significant

Further reading

• “rondelet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

rondel +‎ -et

Noun

rondelet m (plural rondelez)

1. A roundelay, certain metric verse from