rondel (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *rondel*:
NOUN	communication	rondel, rondeau	a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes

English > *rondel*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.
Synonym	rondeau
Narrower	rondelet	A shorter / shorter form of rondeau
Narrower	roundel	English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
Broader	poem, verse form	A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Spanish	rondel
Catalan	rondell, rondel

HyperDic: rondel