rotonde

French rotonde

rotonde (plural rotondes)

1. (historical) A ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.

• rontonde (misconstruction)

Borrowed from French rotonde, from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotondus.

• IPA^(key): /roːˈtɔn.də/

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• Hyphenation: ro‧ton‧de
• Rhymes: -ɔndə

rotonde f (plural rotondes or rotonden, diminutive rotondetje n)

1. A roundabout (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island). [from ca. 1940]

   Synonyms: rondpunt, verkeersplein

2. (dated) A rotunda.
3. (obsolete) A sleeveless coat worn by women.

• fietsrotonde

• troonde

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda, feminine of rotundus. Doublet of rond.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.tɔ̃d/

rotonde f (plural rotondes)

1. (architecture) rotunda

• “rotonde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

rotonde

1. feminine plural of rotondo

rotonde f

1. plural of rotonda