Definition of Rondeau

1. Noun. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.

Exact synonyms: Rondo
Generic synonyms: Classical, Classical Music, Serious Music

2. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Rondel
Generic synonyms: Poem, Verse Form
Specialized synonyms: Roundel, Rondelet
Derivative terms: Rondelet

Definition of Rondeau

1. n. A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

Definition of Rondeau

1. a short poem of fixed form [n -DEAUX]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rondeau

Romulus
Ron
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan
roncador
roncador
roncadors
ronchil
ronco
rondache
rondaches
rondavel
rondavels
ronde
rondeau (current term)
rondeaux
rondel
rondelet
rondeletia
rondelets
rondelle
rondelles
rondels
rondes
rondino
rondinos
rondle
rondo
rondos

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