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Synonyms for rondel

Most common

rondeau roundel roundelay roundlet

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

Related words

Word family
rondo

Forms

Plural
rondels → rondeaus, roundels, roundelays, roundlets…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rondelsteady
rondeausteady
roundelsteady
roundelayrising
roundletsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
rondeau2, roundel
8 letters
roundlet
9 letters
roundelay

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rondeau2 = 2 syllables).