Rondo

Quick meaning: Rondo is a noun meaning (countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.

Meaning

(countable) A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
2. (music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
3. (soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
4. (obsolete, uncountable) A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

Example Sentences

And four years after Pep from Catalonia first clapped eyes on Phil from Stockport across a crowded rondo, here finally was the consummation.

Word Forms

• rondos

Synonyms for rondo

Depending on context, synonyms include rondeau.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rondeau, sonata, finale, stella, rondoletto, rondino.

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