rotunda

Alternative forms

• Rotunda

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotunda, from Sancta Maria Rotunda (the name for a church in the Pantheon), from rotundus (“round”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈtʌndə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈtʌndə/
• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda (plural rotundas)

1. (architecture) a round building, usually small, often with a dome
2. (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
3. (Philippines) A roundabout; a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

Anagrams

• toundra

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

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

Adjective

rotunda

1. nominative feminine singular of rotundus
2. nominative neuter plural of rotundus
3. accusative neuter plural of rotundus
4. vocative feminine singular of rotundus

rotundā

1. ablative feminine singular of rotundus

References

• rotunda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Adjective

rotunda

1. Feminine singular of adjective rotundo.