rotunda

rotunda

See also: Rotunda

English

rotunda in architecture

Alternative forms

• (typography): Rotunda

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (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.
4. (geometry) A form of cupola that has pentagons rather than squares or rectangles.

Derived terms

• band rotunda
• r rotunda

Translations

architecture: round building, often with a dome

Bulgarian: ротонда f (rotonda) Catalan: rotonda (ca) f Czech: rotunda (cs) f Finnish: rotunda French: rotonde (fr) f German: Rotunde (de) f Greek: Ancient: θόλος m (thólos) Irish: cruinnteach m Latin: tholus m Polish: rotunda (pl) f Russian: рото́нда (ru) f (rotónda)

typography: Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script

Finnish: rotunda German: Halbgotisch f, Rotunda f, Rundgotisch f Polish: rotunda (pl) f

roundabout — see roundabout

Anagrams

• toundra

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Catalan

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotund

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrotunda]
• Rhymes: -unda

Noun

rotunda f

1. rotunda (building)

Related terms

• See rotor

Further reading

• rotunda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• rotunda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• rotunda in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotunda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrotundɑ/, [ˈro̞t̪undɑ]
• Rhymes: -otundɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ro‧tun‧da

Noun

rotunda

1. rotunda

Declension

Inflection of rotunda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		rotunda	rotundat
genitive		rotundan	rotundojen
partitive		rotundaa	rotundoja
illative		rotundaan	rotundoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rotunda	rotundat
accusative	nom.	rotunda	rotundat
	gen.	rotundan
genitive		rotundan	rotundojen rotundainrare
partitive		rotundaa	rotundoja
inessive		rotundassa	rotundoissa
elative		rotundasta	rotundoista
illative		rotundaan	rotundoihin
adessive		rotundalla	rotundoilla
ablative		rotundalta	rotundoilta
allative		rotundalle	rotundoille
essive		rotundana	rotundoina
translative		rotundaksi	rotundoiksi
instructive		—	rotundoin
abessive		rotundatta	rotundoitta
comitative		—	rotundoineen

Possessive forms of rotunda (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rotundani	rotundamme
2nd person	rotundasi	rotundanne
3rd person	rotundansa

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Latin

Adjective

rotunda

1. inflection of rotundus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

rotundā

1. ablative feminine singular of rotundus

References

• rotunda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈtun.da/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda. Doublet of runda (“round”).

Noun

rotunda f

1. (architecture) rotunda (round building, often with a dome)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Rotunda, from Latin rotunda.

Noun

rotunda f

1. (typography) rotunda (Gothic typeface based on a 13th-C. rounded script)

Declension

Declension of rotunda

	singular	plural
nominative	rotunda	rotundy
genitive	rotundy	rotund
dative	rotundzie	rotundom
accusative	rotundę	rotundy
instrumental	rotundą	rotundami
locative	rotundzie	rotundach
vocative	rotundo	rotundy

Related terms

adjective

• rotundowy

 

Further reading

• rotunda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rotunda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotundo

Noun

rotunda f (plural rotundas)

1. (Portugal, Macau) traffic circle, roundabout

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtunda/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧da

Adjective

rotunda

1. feminine singular of rotundo

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English rotunda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧da
• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈtunda/, [ɾoˈtun.dɐ]

Noun

rotunda

1. Alternative form of rotonda