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1. (n.) rondeau
a short poem of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes with the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
2. rondeau
a monophonic song of the trouvères.
Etymology: (1515–25; < MF: little circle; see rondel)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rondo, rondeau
a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
2. (noun) rondeau, rondel
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rondeau
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
2. (noun) rondeau
see Rondo, 1
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rondeau
a form of short poem (originally French) which, as in the 15th century, usually consists of 13 lines, eight of which have one rhyme and five another; is divided into three stanzas, the first line of the rondeau forming the concluding line of the last two stanzas; Swinburne has popularised it in modern times.
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