rotonde
English
Etymology
French rotonde
Noun
rotonde (plural rotondes)
- (historical) A ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- rontonde (misconstruction)
Etymology
Borrowed from French rotonde, from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotondus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roːˈtɔn.də/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ro‧ton‧de
- Rhymes: -ɔndə
Noun
rotonde f (plural rotondes or rotonden, diminutive rotondetje n)
- A roundabout (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island). [from ca. 1940]
- Synonyms: rondpunt, verkeersplein
- (dated) A rotunda.
- (obsolete) A sleeveless coat worn by women.
Derived terms
- gasrotonde
- fietsrotonde
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: rotònde
Anagrams
- troonde
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda, feminine of rotundus. Doublet of rond.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.tɔ̃d/
Audio (file)
Noun
rotonde f (plural rotondes)
- (architecture) rotunda
Further reading
- “rotonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈton.de/
- Rhymes: -onde
- Hyphenation: ro‧tón‧de
Adjective
rotonde
- feminine plural of rotondo
Noun
rotonde f
- plural of rotonda