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rondelet

rondelet noun: 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.

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

Forms of rondelet

pluralrondelets

Origin of rondelet

Middle French rondelet

Questions about rondelet

What does rondelet mean?
Rondelet means 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.
What part of speech is rondelet?
Rondelet is a noun.
What is the plural of rondelet?
The plural of rondelet is rondelets.

Words near rondelet in the dictionary

  1. Rondeauxs
  2. Rondebosch
  3. rondel
  4. rondelay
  5. rondelays
  6. rondelet
  7. rondeletia
  8. rondeletias
  9. rondeletiid
  10. rondeletiids
  11. rondelets

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