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tondo

/ˈtɒndoʊ/

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Philippines/tonˈdo/

tondo noun: a round picture or other work of art.

tondo: a round picture or other work of art
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Noun

tondo (plural tondos or tondi)

  1. A round picture or other work of art.
    • 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.1983, Rudolf Arnheim, The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 135
    • 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 […]2014, François Lissarrague, The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 34

Proper noun capitalized: Tondo

Tondo

  1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  2. (historical) A historical polity in Luzon north of the Pasig River delta and by Manila Bay

tondo meaning in Tamil

tondo in Tamil

படச்சட்ட அழிப்புப் பணி

Forms of tondo

pluraltondos
pluraltondi

Origin of tondo

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

From Tagalog Tondo.

Questions about tondo

What does tondo mean?
Tondo means a round picture or other work of art.
What is tondo in Tamil?
Tondo in Tamil is படச்சட்ட அழிப்புப் பணி. See Tondo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tondo?
Tondo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tondo?
Tondo is pronounced /ˈtɒndoʊ/.
What is the plural of tondo?
The plural of tondo is tondos.

Words near tondo in the dictionary

  1. Tonderburine
  2. tondi
  3. tondini
  4. tondino
  5. tondinos
  6. tondo
  7. tondos
  8. Tondrakian
  9. Tondrakians
  10. Tondreau
  11. Tondreaus

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